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DECENNIAL RECORD 

CLASS OF EIGHTY-ONE 



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BORN SEPTEMBER 21, 1883 



DECENNIAL RECORD 



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CLASS OF EIGHTY-ONE 
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CLASS OFFICERS 



DANIEL NASON, President. 

CHARLES B. SPAHR, Vice-President. 

JAMES F. KEMP, Secretary and Treasurer. 



EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE 



DANIEL NASON, Chairman. 
LAWRENCE F. ABBOTT 

BRADFORD W. HITCHCOCK 

STARR J. MURPHY 

FRANK H. PARSONS, Secretary and Treasurer. 



MEMBERS OF THE CLASS 

OF EIGHTY-ONE 



GRADUATES 

Lawrence Eraser Abbott, Care Christian Union, Clinton 

Hall, Astor Place, New York City. 
Edwin George Alexander, P. O. Box 232, Boston, Mass. 
Charles Henry Baker, 384 and 386 Broadway, New York 

City. » 

Marcus Stewart Beebe, 96 and 98 Lincoln St., Boston, 

Mass. 
Henry Loomis Beveridge, Hamilton, O. 
William Sidney Boardman, M.D., 202 Dartmouth St., 

Boston, Mass. 
Charles Edward Boltwood. (Deceased.) 
George Wilson Brainerd, i Beacon St., Boston, Mass. 
Eldon Richard Carver, 155 Oak St., Binghamton, N. Y. 
Homer Curtis Chapin, Westfield, Mass. 
Francis Albert Christie, 44 and 45 Jerusalemmer- 

strasse, Berlin, Germany. 
Benjamin Preston Clark, 55 Kilby St., Boston, Mass. 
Edgar Cope, Rev., 2430 N. Broad St., Philadelphia, Penn. 
Walter Hayden Crittenden, 206 Broadway, New York 

City. 
Anthony Brown Day, ii Princeton Ave., Providence, 

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8 MEMBERS OF THE CLASS OF EIGHTY-ONE 

Charles Henry Dickinson, Rev., Wallingford, Conn. 
George Richardson Dickinson, Rev., Stafford Springs, 

Conn. 
Charles Albert Doubleday, Rutherford, N. J. 
Amos Frederic Dunnels, Rev., 898 Middle St., Bath, Me. 
Willliam George D wight, 182 High St., Holyoke, Mass. 
George Foster Fiske, M.D., 438 La Salle Ave., Chicago, 

111. 
Elmer Severance Forbes, Rev., 7 Garrison St., Paterson, 

N.J. 
Fred Earl French, Mexico, N. Y. 
Henry Noble Galloway. (Deceased.) 
James Edward Gibson, 58 Myrtle St., Lowell, Mass. 
Frank Newell Gilbert, 35 Court St.,Binghamton, N. Y. 
Levi Joseph Goodrich, Blalock, Gilliam Co., Oregon. 
Ashley Mulgrave Gould, N. Y. Life Building, Kansas 

City, Mo. 
Henry Clay Hall, 19 rue Scribe, Paris, France. 
Frederick Chadcey Hardon, Mansfield, Mass. 
George Porter Hilton, Care Hilton Bridge Construction 

Co., Albany, N. Y. 
William Elias Hinchliff, Rockford, 111. 
Bradford Washburne Hitchcock, University Club, 

New York City. 
Frederick Eugene Hughitt, 41 Genesee St., Auburn, 

N. Y. 
James Furman Kemp, Prof., Cornell University, Ithaca, 

N. Y. 
Charles Elliott Ladd, Care Portland Flouring Mills Co., 

Portland, Oregon. 



GRADUATES 9 

Charles Brown Latimer. (Deceased.) 

Russell Trall Low, Middletown, N, Y. 

Lincoln MacVeagh, Care Chas. F. MacVeagh, 45 

William St., New York City. 
Leander Hamilton McCormick, Virginia Hotel, Chicago, 

111. 
Frank Louis Mellen, 19 High St., Worcester, Mass. 
Park Morrill, U. S. Signal Office, P. O. Building, 

Boston, Mass. 
Starr Jocelyn Murphy, hi Broadway, New York City. 
Daniel Nason, University Club, New York City. 
William Shedd Nelson, Rev., Tripoli, Syria. 
Allen Mead North, 121 Murray St., Binghamton,itsr. Y. 
Frank Henry Parsons, 69 Wall St., New York City. 
Horace Bushnell Patton, Geological Survey, Houghton, 

Mich. 
George Gilbert Pond, Prof., State College, Center Co., 

Pa. 
James Perrott Prince, 28 State St., Boston, Mass. 
Edward Gillett Rand. (Deceased.) 
Walter Jay Richardson, M. D., Minnesota Lake, Minn. 
Clinton Quackenbush Richmond, 25 Church St., North 

Adams, Mass. 
WiLFORD Lash Robbins, Rev., 52 Swan St., Albany, N. Y. 
Francis Amos Rugg, Greenfield, Mass. 
Arthur Hastings Russell, 27 State St., Boston, Mass. 
Henry Benajah Russell, Care Hartford Post, Hart- 
ford, Conn. 
Robert Valentine Sawin, M.D., Brimfield Mass. 
Edward Allen Sawyer, M.D., Gardner, Mass. 



lO MEMBERS OF THE CLASS OF EIGHTY-ONE 

Fred Thomas Sayles, Norwich, Conn. 

John Van Beuren Scarborough, P, O. Box 223, 

Cincinnati, O. 
James Witherell Seelye, Rev., Shawneetown, 111. 
Ellis Grey Seymour, 151 Warren St., Brooklyn, N. Y. 
Arthur Josephus Shaw, Braintree, Mass. 
Isaac Chipman Smart, Rev., 8 Church St., Pittsfield, 

Mass. 
Henry Goodv^tin Smith, Rev., P. O. Box 404, Freehold, 

N.J. 
Charles Barzillai Spahr, 80 Washington Square, E., 

New York City. 
Charles A. Stearns, M.D., Pawtucket, R. I. 
Giles Heath Stilwell, 1945 West Fayette St., Syracuse, 

N. Y. 
Thatcher Thayer Thurston, Fall River, Mass. 
Albert Duane Washburn, 217 Van Buren St., Topeka, 

Kansas. 
Edwin Perry Wells, Southbridge, Mass. 
Eduard Wilson, Rev., Thompson, O. 
RUFUS Stanley Woodward, 52 Pearl St., Worcester, 

Mass. 



NON-GRADUATES 

John Erving Bradley, Care Osgood Bradley & Sons, 

Worcester, Mass. 
Irving Burdick, 461 Gates Ave., Brooklyn, N. Y. 
Walter Benham Chapel, Essex, Garfield Co., Kansas. 



NON-GRADUATES 1 1 

Hiram Price Collier, Rev., 98 Pierrepont St., Brooklyn, 
N. Y. 

John Davidson Core, 34 West Baltimore St., Baltimore, 
Md. 

William Frederick Denfeld, Saginaw (East Side) Mich. 

John Haynes Flower. (Deceased.) 

William Walker Hartwell. (Deceased.) 

Edward Stephen Hayes, M. D., Eau Claire, Wis. 

William Edward How, 89 Merrimac St., Haverhill, Mass. 

Walter Stephen Johnson. (Deceased.) 

William Alvin Knowlton, 105 Summer St., Boston, Mass. 

John Lynn Lampson, Prof., University of Nashville, Nash- 
ville, Tenn. ^ 

Herbert Montague Linnell, P. O. Box 2573, New 
York City. 

Anson Marshall Lyman, 82 Devonshire St., Boston, 
Mass. 

Herbert Storey Martin, Chicopee, Mass. 

Edward Foote Mathews. (Deceased.) 

Herbert Blakemore Maynard, Care G. C. & N. R. R. 
Co., Decatur, Ga. 

Edward Merrill, Salt Lake City, Utah. 

Gordon Parker, Brockton, Mass. 

Horace Wadleigh Rice, Southington, Conn. 

Watson Lewis Savage, M. D., 308 and 310 West Fifty- 
ninth St., New York City. 

Richard Wilkins Saylor, M.D. (Deceased.) 

Frederic William Sears, M.D., Care A. W. Under- 
hill, 73 Downing St., Brooklyn, N. Y. 

Arthur Preston Smith, Sunderland, Mass. 



12 MEMBERS OF THE CLASS OF EIGHTY-ONE 

Charles Henry Stevens, Homer, Cortland Co., N. Y. 
Charles Stillman, i6 Exchange Place, New York City. 
Andrew Findlay Underhill, 331 Clinton St., Brooklyn, 

N. Y. 
Walter Lavington Vernon. (Deceased.) 
John Martin Vincent, Care Johns Hopkins University, 

Baltimore, Md. 
Philip Mayer Wackerhagen, Racine, Wis. 
Nathaniel Rowe Webster, Gloucester, Essex Co., Mass. 



OBITUARY RECORD 



Charles Edward Boltwood 
John Haynes Flower 
Henry Noble Galloway 
William Walker Hartwell 
Walter Steven Johnson 
Charles Brown Latimer 
Edward Foote Mathews 
Edward Gillett Rand 
Richard Wilkins Saylor 
Walter Lavington Vernon 



Died December 23, 1884. 

" November 10, 1889. 

" May 23, 1887. 

" July 6, 1879. 

" August 24, 1880. 

" July 22, 1890. 

" Fall 1884. 

'' June 3, 1888. 

" January 26, 1891. 

" October 24, 1879. 



INTRODUCTION 



TT has been for many years a college custom for each 
class on the Tenth Anniversary of its graduation, to 
publish in a permanent form a biographical record of its 
members. In conformity with this custom, as the decen- 
nial of the Class of '8i has drawn near, the work of collect- 
ing and arranging such information as might be necessary 
and desirable to publish has been undertaken and the 
result is contained in the following pages. The compiler of 
this Record would most heartily thank every member of 
the Class and the friends of those whom death has taken f»om 
us, for the prompt and courteous manner in which requests 
for information have been received and complied with. Per- 
sonal responses have been had from all who are living except- 
ing one, and, with two exceptions, from the friends of those 
who have died. No biographical record of the Class had 
before existed, and it was necessary to begin de novo. 
Without such hearty cooperation, the results which have 
been attained could not have been reached, as they have 
been in the short space of three months. Some errors will, 
of course, be found in the Record, and for these, apology is 
offered beforehand. It is beUeved that in the main the 
facts and dates are correct, and much will there be found of 
interest and of value, at any rate to the members of the 
Class. 

Through the kindness of his mother we have obtained 
for the frontispiece a picture of our first born, Albert Ed- 
ward Rand. The photograph, of which it is a copy, was 
taken some eighteen months ago, a recent attack of scarlet 
fever having prevented a later sitting. We believe it will 



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DECENNIAL RECORD CLASS OF EIGHTY-ONE 



be the universal sentiment that 'Si has no reason to be 
ashamed of the holder of its Class Cup. 

The pages of this Record show in detail what the vari- 
ous members of the Class have done in the past ten years 
and how each one has thus far filled the niche which has 
been set apart for him in the world. A few general facts 
gathered from these brief sketches may be of interest. 

There were connected with the Class during the four years 
which were spent at Amherst, io6 men ; of this number, 
74 graduated, 3 of the remainder died during the course 
and 29 left the Class before graduation. Our loss by death 
while the Class was in college was rather larger than usual,, 
but since graduation the number of those who have died 
has been comparatively small ; only 4 of the graduates and 
3 of the non-graduates have died during the past ten years, 
so that 10 has been our total loss by death in the fourteen 
years that we have known each other. The mortality 
among the wives and children of the members of the Class 
has also been small, only three deaths having occurred 
among the children ; the wives of two of the Class have died. 

The present geographical distribution of our Class as 
compared with the places of their birth is as follows : — 



PLACE 


BORN RESIDE 


PLACE 


BORN 


RESIDE 


Massachusetts 


• 39 


32 


Vermont . 


2 


I 


New York 


■ 25 


24 


Minnesota 


— 


I 


Ohio . 


. 8 


3 


Kansas 


— 


2 


Connecticut 


6 


5 


Iowa . 


I 


— 


lUinois 


. 6 


5 


Maryland . 


I 


2 


Michigan . 


I 


2 


Wisconsin 


— 


2 


New Jersey 


I 


5 


Tennessee 





I 


New Hampshire 


2 


— 


Georgia 


— 


I 


Pennsylvania 


2 


2 


Nova Scotia 


I 


— 


Rhode Island 


2 


I 


England . 


I 


— 


Maine 


• 3 


I 


France 


— 


I 


Oregon 


I 


2 


Syria 


— 


I 


Utah 


. — 


I 






— 


Missouri . 


I 


I 


Total . 


106 


96 


Louisiana . 


I 











INTRODUCTION I 7 

The residences of those who have died were at the time 
of their death as follows : 

. I 
. r 



Massachusetts . 


• 3 


California 


Connecticut 


. I 


Florida 


New York . 


. I 


Australia 


Illinois 


. I 




Pennsylvania 


. I 


T0I 



The variety of occupations in which the fathers of our 
classmates were engaged was much greater than of the vo- 
cations which their sons are now pursuing. The occupations 
of the fathers of 92 are reported to have been as follows : 

Ministers, 13; merchants, 19; journaHst, i; manufac- 
turers, 19 ; farmers, 10 ; bankers, 2 ; dentists, 2 ; doctors, 7 ; 
lawyers, 1 1 ; contractor, i ; civil engineer, i ; retired, i ; 
blacksmith, i ; machinist, i ; builders, 2; broker, i. 

Our pursuits, including the occupations at the tim% of 
their death, of those who have died, are reported to be as 
follows : 

Lawyers, 24; doctors, 11; ranchmen, 2; business, 20; 
civil engineers, 2 ; teachers, 1 1 ; scientific, 2 ; manufactur- 
ers, 12; ministers, 11 ; journalists, 8; showing, perhaps, the 
tendency of college men to follow certain special lines of 
work. 

It has been said that as a general thing a college graduate 
does not decide what he will take up as his life work until 
long after graduation. In our Class, however, 40 of the 
graduates and 7 of the non-graduates are now following out 
lines which they decided upon before, while 32 graduates 
and 17 non-graduates made their decision after they left 
college ; making in all 47 who decided before and 49 who 
decided after they finished their studies. 

We have not over burdened ourselves with classical de- 
grees, and yet it has been reported that the Class possess 
the following : LL. B., 11 ; M. D., 10 ; B. D., 4 ; M. A., 17 ; 
E. M., I ; and Ph. D., 4. Some, of course, are possessed of 
more than one of these titles, and hence the number of 



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those who have been thus dignified is less than the number 
of the degrees conferred. 

In the political world, the Class has not, apparently, de- 
sired to shine, as only 17 public offices are reported to have 
been sought and only 10 arrived at. The successful can- 
didates are mainly on Boards of Education and of Health, 
while unsuccessful aspirations have extended toward 
Member of Congress, Mayor, City Solicitor, Member of 
Common Council and State Senator. 

In the domestic world the returns are larger and more 
favorable. It was reported in the Triennial Record in 1884, 
that " 7 of the Class are married and that there are two 
members of the next generation." The returns now show 
that the number of Benedicts has increased until 44 of the 
graduates and 17 of the non-graduates, or 61 in all have been 
married. The wives of two of these have died and one of 
the Class has been married the second time. There are 
now of the second generation, children of the graduates, 30 
boys and 26 girls, and children of the non-graduates 8 boys 
and 9 girls, making in all 38 boys and 35 .girls, or 73 as a 
total, and of these 70 are still living. 

It was a matter of curiosity with some of us to learn from 
what localities the members of the Class have married, and 
the following is the reported result : 



New York 


10 


Minnesota 


I 


Massachusetts . 


20 


Maryland . 


2 


Michigan . 


2 


Ohio 


4 


Rhode Island . 


3 


New Hampshire 




Connecticut 


3 


Virginia . 




New Jersey 


4 


Wisconsin 




Maine 


2 


District of Columbia 




Illinois 


2 


England . 





making with three not reported the total number. 

In order to ascertain what influence our sister institutions 
were having on the destiny of future generations, the ques- 
tion was asked of all the married men of the Class at what 



INTRODUCTION I9 

schools or colleges their wives received their education, and 
49 have been heard from. Of these 19 were educated at 
private schools, 18 at public schools, 3 at normal schools, i 
at Smith College, i at Drury College, i at Oberlin, 2 at 
Wellesley, i at Vassar, i at Syracuse University and 2 at 
Mount Holyoke. We leave our readers to draw their own 
inferences, not hazarding any ourselves. 

'Eighty-one apparently is not literary, only 8 having been 
willing to report that they have written anything, though 
presumably journalists and ministers do not count. 

We have not failed to honor Amherst with our presence 
during the past ten years, notwithstanding statements to the 
contrary. Forty-eight of the graduates and 6 of those who did 
not graduate, or 54 in all, have been back to the college, most 
of them, however, only once. % 

In connection with these facts and by way of contrast, 
we print here some of the statistics which were published 
in the Class Book ten years ago, in order that we may see 
what we were then and compare ourselves with what we are 
now, or with what we think we ought to be in the future. 

"Sixty-seven would go to college, 6 would not, 40 
would go to Amherst, 19 to Harvard, 2 to Yale, i to 
Brown, i to Princeton, i to Michigan University, 50 smoke 
and 9 learned in college, 63 play cards, 17 learned in col- 
lege ; 43 play billiards and 4 learned in college ; 28 drink 
and 16 learned «in college ; 39 dance and 20 learned in col- 
lege; 33 swear and 20 learned in college; 43 He and 23 
learned in college, of these a large proportion never lie ex- 
cept to the faculty. 48 crib and 22 learned in college. 51 are 
church members, 25 are Congregational, 12 Presbyterian, 
6 Episcopalian, 5 Methodist, i Baptist, i Dutch Reformed. 
55 are Republicans, 8 Independent, 4 Democrat, 2 Indepen- 
dent Republicans, i Independent Democrat. 34 Free 
Traders, 64 approve of compulsory Gym, 44 oppose com- 
pulsory church ; 22 favor one service ; 8 favor compulsory 



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church, two services, 32 believe in evolution, 6 in theistic 
evolution, 14 do not believe in it, 20 partially or are unde- 
cided. 26 do not believe in Hickokian Philosophy, 22 do 
believe in it, 22 are uncertain, 9 are engaged. Best con- 
ducted department ; 24 for Philosophy, 15 Mathematics, 9 
Physical Culture, 6 Chemistry, 5 Greek, 3 Natural Science, 
I Geology, i Ancient Languages, i English Literature, 2 
Frank Wood, i Dr. Field, 2 Sanitary, 2 Spy, i Gates money 
making system. 6 'believe in the new marking system. 
The fathers of 20 were college graduates ; 5 of Amherst, 3 
Harvard, 3 N. Y. University, 2 Yale, 2 Dartmouth, 2 Miami, 
I Princeton, i Bowdoin, i Hamilton. Average age, 22.219 
years. Average Weight, 143.75. Greatest increase during 
the course, Weight, 44 lbs. Height 4. 5 in.. Chest, 3.12 in.. 
Arm 4 in., P'orearm, 2.25." 

With this introduction the Record is before you. Sub- 
stantial evidence will be found in it that the reputation for 
energy and intelligence which the men of '81 enjoyed while 
in college, was thoroughly deserved, and that these quali- 
ties are a part of their birth right. There are no scape- 
graces among us and each one seems to be honestly and 
conscientiously doing his part in the work of this great 
nineteenth century. 

Frank H. Parsons. 



Wall Street, New York City, 
May 1ST, 1 891. 



THE RECORD 



GRADUATES 

LAWRENCE ERASER ABBOTT 

the son of the Rev. Lyman and Abby F. (Hamlin) Abbott, 
was born at Brooklyn, N. Y., June 25, 1859, ^^^ prepared 
for college at the Cornwall Heights School, Cornw|ll-on- 
the-Hudson, N. Y. His father is the editor of the " Chris- 
tian Union " and pastor of Plymouth Church, Brooklyn. 

While in college he was a member of the Chi Psi Frater- 
nity and of Beta Nu (Senior Society), was Class Historian 
in Sophomore year, a member of the Glee Club and of the 
'81 Quartette, a Student Editor (Junior year), leader of 
the College Choir (Senior year), pianist at Gymnasium ex- 
ercises during the course, and Grove Orator on Class Day. 

For two years after graduation he was connected with 
the " Christian Union " in New York City. He then went 
to Boston, and was there on the editorial staff of the " Out- 
ing " magazine, returning after two years to New York. 
He then made a trip to Australia for his health, and on his 
return associated himself for another two years with the 
Century Co. His health again failing, he went to Califor- 
nia, and during 1887 and 1888 was connected with the San 
Francisco "Chronicle." In 1889 he returned to New York 
City, and is now on the editorial staff of the " Christian 
Union." 

He was married May 15, 1889, to Mary, daughter of 



22 DECENNIAL RECORD 

Lawson and Lucy (Houghton) Valentine, of New York 
City. 

Address — Care "Christian Union," Clinton Hall, Astor 
Place, New York City. 

EDWIN GEORGE ALEXANDER 

the son of James and Nancy A. Alexander, was born No- 
vember 17, 1857, at VVaterbury, Conn., and prepared for 
college at the Wesleyan Academy, Wilbraham, Mass. 

While in college he was a Student Editor (Junior year), 
and was Class Poet on Class Day. 

After graduation he studied law at the Boston Univer- 
sity, and was admitted to the Massachusetts Bar in 1883, 
before his law school course was finished. He resided in 
Boston until 1886, but has since made his home in Lynn. 
He practiced law for five years after his admission to the 
Bar, a portion of the time in partnership with Prince 
('81), under the firm name of Prince 81 Alexander. In 
1888 he became connected with the credit department of 
the New England Shoe and Leather Association in Boston, 
where he now is. 

He was married June 23, 1886, to Eliza M., daughter of 
William and Ellen Silliman, of Lynn, Mass., and has one 
child, 

Ruth Stafford, born March 26, 1889. 
Address — 83 Commercial Street, Lynn, Mass., or P. O. 
box 232, Boston, Mass. 

CHARLES HENRY BAKER 
the son of Henry E. and Emily P. Baker, was born at 
Detroit, Mich., April 19, i860, and prepared for college at 
the Detroit Public Schools. His father was editor of the 
Detroit "Tribune." 

While in college he was a member of Phi Beta Kappa 
(Junior year), and was Class Treasurer in Senior year. 



CLASS OF EIGHTY-ONE 23 

After graduation he went into business in Brooklyn, 
N. Y., as book-keeper of the Composite Iron Works Co., 
where he remained for two years. He then became con- 
nected with the firm of Butler, Pitkin & Co., in the whole- 
sale dry goods business, in New York City, remaining with 
them and their successors for six years. In 1889 he be- 
came cashier of B. Blumenthal & Co., in the button busi- 
ness, with which firm he is still connected. In April, 1890, 
he moved to Montclair, N. J., where he now resides, and is 
Superintendent of the Sunday-school and Musical Director 
in the First Presbyterian Church. 

He was married June 20, 1883, to Mary E., daughter of 
Henry and Elizabeth Craig, of Detroit, and has three chii. 
dren, 

Edith S., born April 7, 1884. 
Helen C, born January 13, 1888. 
John C, born December 18, 1890. 
Address — Care B. Blumenthal & Co., 384 & 386 Bro5).d 
way, N. Y. City, or 123 Claremont Avenue, Mont- 
clair, N. J. 

MARCUS STEWART BEEBE 
the son of Marcus and Maria A. (Walker) Beebe, was born 
May 23, 1858, at South Wilbraham (now Hampden), Mass., 
and prepared for college at the Hitchcock Free High 
School, Brimfield, Mass. 

While in college he was a member of the Chi Phi Fra- 
ternity. 

After graduation he engaged in teaching and farming for 
several years, and has since been in business with C. J. 
Burleigh & Co., of Hampden, Mass., and the Wire Grip 
Fastening Co., of Boston, and is now with the latter con- 
cern. He has served several terms on the School Commit- 
tee of Hampden. He is unmarried. 

Address — 96 & 98 Lincoln Street, Boston, Mass. 



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HENRY LOOMIS BEVERIDGE 
the son of Andrew M. and Sarah L. Beveridge, was born 
September 20, 1859, ^^ Lansingburgh, N. Y., and prepared 
for college at Newton, Mass. 

While in college he was a member of the Delta Kappa 
Epsilon Fraternity and of Phi Beta Kappa (Senior year). 
In Junior year he took the first German prize for reading 
and translating German at sight. 

After graduation he went to Chicago and became con- 
nected with George H, Taylor & Co. in the paper business, 
where he remained for two years. For the next seven 
years he was superintendent of the mill of the Bacon Paper 
Co. at Lawrence, Mass., and is now superintendent of the 
mills of the Beckett Paper Co. of Hamilton, O. He is un- 
married, but is reported to be engaged. 

Address — Lansingburgh, N. Y., or Hamilton, O. 

WILLIAM SIDNEY BOARDMAN 
the son of William B. and Martha W. Boardman, was born 
at Newburyport, Mass., November 15, 1858, and prepared 
for college at the Newburyport High School. 

While in college he was a member of the Torch and 
Crown Society. 

After graduation he studied medicine for four years at 
the Harvard Medical School in Boston and at the Carney 
Hospital in South Boston, receiving his physician's certifi- 
cate while house ofificer in the hospital. He received the 
degree of M.D. from Harvard in 1886 and of M.A. from 
Amherst in the same year. He has been District Visiting 
Physician to the Boston Dispensary since January, 1889. 
He is unmarried. 

Address — 202 Dartmouth Street, Boston, Mass. 

CHARLES EDWARD BOLTWOOD 

(See Obituary Record, infra p. 13.) 



CLASS OF EIGHTY-ONE 2$ 

GEORGE WILSON BRAINERD 
the son of John C. and Mary J. Brainerd, was born at War- 
ren, Mass., December 3, 1858, and prepared for college at 
the Warren High School and at the Hitchcock Free High 
School, Brimfield, Mass. 

While in college he was a member of the Chi Phi Fra- 
ternity. 

After graduation he taught school for two terms, was 
then for a short time on the staff of the Springfield (Mass.) 
" Union," and afterwards became book-keeper of the Chem- 
ical Paper Co. of Holyoke, with which he was connected 
for three years. For the next two years he was a partner 
in the American Pad Co. of Holyoke, and has since been 
manager of the Wisconsin Construction Co. of Boston. 
He resided in Holyoke until January, 1888, and sinc^that 
time has lived in Auburndale, Mass. 

He was married July 26, 1883, to Ella R., daughter of 
Seth and Emma A. Savage, of Florence, Mass., and has 
one child, 

George Winthrop, born September 29, 1889. 
Address — Auburndale, Mass., or i Beacon Street, Bos- 
ton, Mass. 

ELDON RICHARD CARVER 

the son of Richard and Angeline Carver, was born February 
23, 1858, at Union, Broome County, N. Y., and prepared for 
college at the Binghamton High School and the Albany 
Academy. 

He has lived since graduation from college in Bingham- 
ton, and was admitted to the New York Bar in 1884. He 
has since been practicing law, and is unmarried. 
Address — 155 Oak Street, Binghamton. N. Y. 

HOMER CURTIS CHAPIN 
the son of Curtis and Janette H. Chapin, was born at Ber- 



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nardston, Mass., November 24, 1858, and prepared for col- 
lege at Powers Institute, Bernardston, and at the North- 
ampton (Mass.) High School. 

After graduation he went to Ceylon as a teacher, but 
after two years the educational department of Ceylon be- 
came bankrupt, and he left Colombo where he had been 
located and accepted a position in Pasumalai College, Pas- 
umalai, India, from which he was soon afterward driven 
away by the outbreak of the cholera. Upon his return 
home in 1885 he went to MinneapoHs, Minn., and studied 
law, but soon after went to Westfield, Mass., where he be- 
came connected with the Home Newspaper Co. He has 
charge of the "Valley Echo," a newspaper published by the 
Company. 

He was married November 27, 1889, to Nellie F., 
daughter of the late Frank D. and Silvenia B. Cobleigh, of 
Westfield, and has one son, 

Bryant Francis, born December 24, 1890. 
Address — Westfield, Mass. 

FRANCIS ALBERT CHRISTIE 

the son of William and Elizabeth Neil Christie, was born 
at Lowell, Mass., December 3, 1858, and prepared for col- 
lege at the Lowell High School. 

While in college he was a member of the Psi Upsilon 
Fraternity and Phi Beta Kappa (Junior year), took the First 
Hutchins prize (Freshman year) and the Hutchins prize 
(Junior year) for scholarship in Greek, the First prize (Fresh- 
man year) for Latin Prose Composition, and the Latin 
prize (Sophomore year). He was Class Odist on Class 
Day and was a Monitor (Senior year), graduating with the 
highest rank in the Class. 

After leaving college he resided in Boston, teaching in 
the Roxbury Latin School from 1881 to 1884, and then 
took a post-graduate course in philology at the Johns Hop- 



CLASS OF EIGHTY-ONE 27 

kins University, Baltimore, Md. After completing his 
course at Johns Hopkins, he became a teacher in the 
Lawrenceville (N. J.) School (John C. Green Foundation),, 
holding that position for two years and a half, then going 
to Germany to study theology at the Universities of Berlin 
and Heidelberg. He is unmarried. 

Address — 44, 45 Jerusalemmerstrasse, Berlin, Germany. 

BENJAMIN PRESTON CLARK 
the son of Benjamin C. and Anna K. Clark, was born at 
Boston, Mass., October 8, i860, and prepared for college at 
the Boston Latin School. 

While in college he was a member of the Psi Upsilon 
Fraternity, of Beta Nu (Senior society) and of Phi Beta 
Kappa (Junior year). 

He spent the summer following graduation at the 5au- 
veur Summer School of Languages at Amherst, and in the 
fall of 1 88 1 entered the office of his father, with the firm 
of B. C. Clark & Co., of Boston, manufacturers of rope and 
cordage. He became soon afterward selling agent for the 
Pearson Cordage Co. of Boston, which position he still 
holds. 

He was married January 21, 1890, to Josephine Frances,, 
daughter of Frederick B. and Louise R. Allen, of Boston. 
Address — 55 Kilby Street, Boston, Mass. 

EDGAR COPE 
the son of William and Eliza Cope, was born at Kiddermin- 
ster, England, June 20, 1858, and prepared for college in 
the preparatory class of the Philadelphia (Penn.) Divinity 
School and with a private tutor. 

While in college he was a member of the Delta Upsilon 
Fraternity. 

After graduation he took the full course in theology at 
the Philadelphia Divinity School, and in November, 1883 



28 DECENNIAL RECORD 

became assistant minister of the Church of the Incarnation 
in Philadelphia, where he remained until February, 1887, 
and has since been in charge of the Mission of St. Simeon 
in the same city. He received the degree of M.A. (in 
course) from Amherst in 1884. He is unmarried. 

Address— 2430 North Broad St., Philadelphia, Penn. 

WALTER HAYDEN CRITTENDEN 
the son of the late Seth W. and Cornelia G. Crittenden, was 
born at Cleveland, Ohio, February 8, 1859, ^^^^ prepared for 
college at the Utica (N. Y.) Free Academy. 

While in college he was a member of the Alpha Delta 
Phi Fraternity, of Beta Nu (Senior society) and of the Glee 
Club, the '81 Quartette, the College Choir and the College 
Base Ball Nine, and took the Hyde prize (Senior year) for 
the best original oration, his oration being entitled "Savon- 
arola." 

After graduation he studied law at the Columbia Law 
School, New York City, from which he graduated in 1883 
with the degree of LL.B., and was admitted to the New 
York Bar in the same year. He has since resided in New 
York, having been associated with the law firm of Messrs. 
Wetmore & Jenner for four years after his admission to the 
Bar, and with Messrs. Blair & Rudd for two years, and 
has since been practicing upon his own account. He is 
unmarried. 

Address — 206 Broadway, or The Benedick, 80 Washing- 
ton Square, E., New York City. 

ANTHONY BROWN DAY 
the son of Edwin B. and Sarah C. Day, was born at Provi- 
dence R. I., May 14, i860, and prepared for college at the 
Providence High School. 

After a year at Brown University, he entered '81 during 
the first term of Sophomore year and graduated in the 



CLASS OF EIGHTY-ONE 29 

Scientific course. He was a member of the Chi Phi Frater- 
nity. 

Since graduation he has resided in Providence. He was 
connected with the Providence and Stonington Steamship 
Co. for several years, and in 1886 associated himself with 
the J. B. Barnaby Co. in the clothing business, with which 
firm he is still connected. 

He was married October 14, 1885, to Clarinda A. Potter, 
of Providence, and has four children, 

Elizabeth A., born October 16, 1886. 
Sarah C, born February i, 1888. 
Alice P., born August 29, 1889. 

, born January 22, 1891. 

Address — ■!! Princeton Ave., Providence, R. I. 

CHARLES HENRY DICKINSON 

the son of Henry K. and Angeline C. (Dunham) Dickinson, 
was born at West Springfield, Mass., December 21, 1857, 
.and prepared for college at Northampton, Mass., largely un- 
der the direction of Josiah Clark, Ph.D. 

While in college he was a member of the Psi Upsilon 
Fraternity. He took the First Ely prize (Junior year) for 
excellence in English Composition, and the Second German 
prize (Junior year) for excellence in reading and translating 
that language at sight. 

In the fall of 1881 he entered the Yale Divinity School, 
from which he graduated and received the degree ofB.D. in 
1884. After a post-graduate year at New Haven, he ac- 
cepted a call to the pastorate of the Congregational Church 
of Wallingford, Conn., which has had only eight pastors in 
two hundred years and is one of the oldest and largest 
churches in the State, of which church he is still pastor. 

He was married January 25, 1886, to Mary Lord, daugh- 
ter of the late Samuel Gilbert and Harriet Lord Thorn, o£ 
New Haven, Conn., and has two children, 



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Thorn, born November 19, 1887. 
Sidney Edward, born November 28, 1890, 
Address — Wallingford, Conn. 

GEORGE RICHARDSON DICKINSON 
the son of Hanson E. and Julia A. Dickinson, was born at 
Rockford, 111., September 22, 1858, and prepared for college 
at the Cleveland (Ohio) High School and the Wilbraham 
(Mass.) Academy. 

While in college he was a member of the Torch and 
Crown Society, of Phi Beta Kappa (Senior year) and was an 
Olio editor (Junior year). 

After graduation he entered the Yale Divinity School at 
New Haven, Conn., from which he graduated and received 
the degree of B.D. in 1884. He took a post-graduate course 
of one year, and in September, 1885, accepted a call to the 
Atlantic Congregational Church of St. Paul, Minn., where 
he remained for three years. He then accepted a call to the 
Congregational Church of Stafford Springs, Conn., of which 
church he is now pastor. He has contributed articles to 
the religious and secular press from time to time. 

He was married June 24, 1885, to Nettie C, daughter of 
Sherman H. and Mary E. Thomas, of Collinsville, Conn., and 
has two children, 

George Sherman, born February 9, 1 886. 
Edith May, born October 31, 1890. 
Address — Stafford Springs, Conn. 

CHARLES ALBERT DOUBLEDAY 
the son of John M. and Maria Abigail (Brush) Doubleday, 
was born at Brooklyn, N. Y., June 30, 1859,' ^^^ prepared 
for college at the Montclair (N.J.) High School. 

While in college he was a member of the Delta Upsilon 
Fraternity and of Phi Beta Kappa (Senior year.) 

After graduation he was for a time principal of the Palmer 



CLASS OF EIGHTY-ONE 



31 



(Mass.) High School, and for two years was professor of 
Latin at Park College, Parkville, Mo. He then went to 
Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, and took a two years' 
course in Greek and Sanskrit. After teaching for a year at 
Alton, 111., he returned to New York and went into business 
with his father in the manufacture of umbrellas, in which he 
is still engaged. 

He was married January 2, 1889, to Harriet G., daughter 
of Josiah Parsons, of Northampton, Mass., and moved to 
Rutherford, N. J., where he now resides. 
Address — Rutherford, N. J. 

AMOS FREDERIC DUNNELS 
the son of Thomas Caldwell and Mary Jane (Falconer) 
Dunnels, was born at Chelsea, Mass., June 29, 1859, ^^^ 
prepared for college at the Roxbury Latin School. % 

After leaving college he studied theology at the Harvard 
Divinity School and at Andover Seminary from which he 
graduated in 1884. In the fall of that year he accepted a 
call to the Congregational Church of Bath, Maine, of which 
church he is still pastor. He is unmarried. 

Address— 898 Middle Street, Bath, Me. 

WILLIAM GEORGE DWIGHT 
the son of William and Helen M. Dwight, was born at 
Bernardston, Mass., September 21, 1859, ^^^ prepared for 
college at the Amherst High School. 

He has resided since graduation in Holyoke, Mass., and 
was for some time on the editorial staff of the Holyoke 
^* Herald." From 1882 to 1888, as a member of the firm of 
Loomis & Dwight, and since the dissolution of that firm, 
individually, he has been owner of the Holyoke " Daily 
Transcript," and of the Transcript Publishing Co. 

He was married July 28, 1888, to Anna, daughter of 
David Bush, of Burke, N. Y. 

Address — 182 High Street, Holyoke, Mass. 



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GEORGE FOSTER FISKE 
the son of Samuel and Elizabeth Foster Fiske, was born at 
Madison, Conn., January 26, i860, and prepared for college 
at the Woburn (Mass.) High School. 

He entered Amherst with the class of '80, but came into 
'81 during the second term of Sophomore year. He was a 
member of the Alpha Delta Phi Fraternity and of Phi Beta 
Kappa (Junior year) and took the Sawyer prize for the 
best examination in Anatomy and Physiology (Sophomore 
year). 

After graduation he became connected with the firm of 
Crow, Hargadine & Co., of St. • Louis, and the R. G. Dun 
Commercial Agency at the same place. In 1882 he entered 
the Yale Medical School, finished the two years' course in 
one year and received the degree of M.D. in 1883, graduat- 
ing at the head of his class. He then went to Europe, 
where he studied at Gottingen and at Halle an der Saale, 
making a specialty of diseases of the eye and ear. He 
became assistant in the eye clinic of Prof. Graefe, at the 
latter place, and held that position for a year and a half. 
After further study in Berlin, Vienna and other German 
cities ending with a few months in the clinics of Paris, he 
returned and settled in Chicago, 111., where he opened an 
office and clinic for diseases of the eye and ear, becom- 
ing in 1886 professor of Otology in the Chicago Polyclinic, 
which position, in connection with his general practice, he 
now holds. He received the degree of M.A. (in course) 
from Amherst in 1886. 

He was married August 9, 1888, to Gertrude, daughter of 
Perkins and Clara Foster Bass, of Boston, Mass., and has 
one son, 

Samuel Perkins, born May 27, 1889. 

Address — Room 211, Chicago Opera House Block, or 
438 La Salle Avenue, Chicago, 111. 



CLASS OF EIGHTY-ONE 33 

ELMER SEVERANCE FORBES 
the son of Baxter and Caroline H. (Severance) Forbes, was 
born at Westborough, Mass., September 12, i860, and pre- 
pared for college at the Westborough High School. 

He entered '81 during the second term of Freshman year 
and graduated in the Scientific course. He was a member 
of the Delta Upsilon Fraternity and of Beta Nu (Senior so- 
ciety). 

He spent the winter after graduation in New York City, 
attending lectures at the Columbia College of Physicians 
and Surgeons. The following year he went into business in 
Boston and in 1883 became connected with the firm of 
Emmons, Craft & Billings, manufacturers of straw goods at 
South Framingham, Mass., remaining with that firm and 
its successors until July, 1888, living in New York for^ev- 
eral years prior to that date. He then became interested in 
and a resident of the Neighborhood Guild in Forsyth Street, 
New York City, the secular mission established by Dr. G. 
S. Coit (Amherst '79). He also began the study of theology 
under the direction of the Rev. G. S. Bennett, Rector of 
Grace Church, Jersey City, N. J., of which church he be- 
came an assistant minister. In June, 1890 he was ordained 
Deacon of the Diocese of Newark and is at present in 
charge of St. Mary's Episcopal Church, Haledon, N. J. 

He was married June 3, 1890 to Sarah Caton, daughter 
of James and Sarah (Caton) Flemming, of Jersey City, 
N.J. 

Address — 7 Garrison Street, Paterson, N. J. 

FRED EARL FRENCH 
the son of George G. and Mary F. French, was born at 
Mexico, N. Y., May 3, 1859, ^^^ prepared for college at 
the Mexico Academy. 

While in college he was a member of the Psi Upsilon 
Fraternity. 



34 DECENNIAL RECORD 

He has resided since graduation in Mexico, having 
been admitted to the Bar and practicing law in association 
with his father, though occupied largely with real estate 
transactions in the West. He is unmarried. 
Address— Mexico, N. Y. 

HENRY NOBLE GALLOWAY 

(See Obituary Record, infra p. 13.) 

JAMES EDWARD GIBSON 
the son of James and Louisa G. Gibson, was born at Low- 
ell, Mass., February 17, i860, and prepared for college at 
the Lowell High School. 

While in college he was a member of the Delta Kappa 
Epsilon Fraternity, of Phi Beta Kappa (Junior year) and of 
the College Base Ball Nine and took the Thompson prize 
(Junior year) for the best scholarship in Latin. 

After graduation he went into the banking business in 
Lowell but shortly afterward went to Chicago where he be- 
came a teller with the banking firm of Preston, Kean & Co. 
He returned in 1884 to Lowell and took the same position 
with the Merchants' National Bank and subsequently with 
the Lowell Institution for Savings, which position he now 
holds. 

He was married June 5, 1889, to Myra, daughter of Fred- 
eric Augustus and Rilla W. Burnap of Jersey City, N. J., 
and has one child, 

Walter Burnap, born May 5, 1890. 
Address— 58 Myrtle Street, Lowell, Mass. 

FRANK NEWELL GILBERT 
the son of Francis R. and Adelaide (Newell) Gilbert, 
was born at Stamford, Delaware County, New York, 
June 24, 1859, ^^d prepared for college at the Stamford 
Seminary. 



CLASS OF EIGHTY-ONE 35 

After graduation from college he studied law at the 
Albany, N. Y., Law School, from which he graduated and 
received the degree of LL.B. in 1883 and was admitted to 
the Bar in the same year. He resided at Stamford until 
April 1889, practicing law with his father under the firm 
name of F. R. & F. N. Gilbert. He then moved to Bing- 
hamton, N. Y., and became Secretary of the Board of 
Trade of that city, also continuing his practice. He was an 
unsuccessful candidate for Member of Congress on the Dem- 
ocratic ticket in 1888, and is the author of a book entitled 
^' Forms and Laws for the Organization and Management 
of Boards of Trade, etc.," published in 1890. He received 
the degree of M.A. (in course) from Amherst in 1^86. 

He was married February i, 1888, to Fannie, daughter of 
Hon. Celora E. Martin (one of the Justices of the Supreme 
Court of the State of New York) of Binghamton, and has 
two children, 

Ralph Martin, born April 21, 1889. 

Francis Russel, born July 21, 1890. 
Address — 35 Court Street, Binghamton, N, Y. 

LEVI JOSEPH GOODRICH 
the son of Maxcy J. and Persis B. Goodrich, was born at 
Bingham, Maine, March 17, 1856, and prepared for college 
at the Maine Wesleyan Seminary at Kents Hill, 

While in college he was a member of the Delta Kappa 
Epsilon Fraternity and of Phi Beta Kappa (Junior year), 
was Ivy Poet on Class Day and took the First Walker 
Mathematical prize (Freshman year) and the Walker Mathe- 
matical Prize Scholarship (Sophomore year). 

After graduation he went west but returned to New 
York City and entered the Columbia Law School, from 
which he graduated and received the degree of LL.B. in 
1883, and was admitted to the New York Bar in the same 
year. He then went to Walla Walla, Washington, where 



36 DECENNIAL RECORD 

he practiced law and engaged in farming and speculating in 
land. In 1886 he moved to Blalock, Oregon, where he has 
since resided ranching and stock raising and adorning the 
office of Justice of the Peace. 

He was married June 19, 1883, to Carrie E., daughter of 
the Rev. Stephen and Rachel S. Allen, of Augusta, Maine. 
His wife died November i, 1883. 

Address — Blalock, Gilliam County, Oregon. 

ASHLEY MULGRAVE GOULD 
the son of Charles Edward and Mary Jane (Fuller) Gould, 
was born at Lower Horton, Nova Scotia, October 8, 1859, 
and prepared for college at the Northampton (Mass.) High 
School. 

While in college he was a member of the Delta Kappa 
Epsilon Fraternity, of Epsilon Pi Delta (Senior society), of 
the College Base Ball Nine, a Student editor and Class His- 
torian (Junior year). 

After graduation he went to Washington, D. C, and en- 
tered the Government service in the Post Office Depart- 
ment and later in the Attorney General's Office, where he 
continued until April, 1885. He graduated and received 
the degree of LL.B. from the law school of the George- 
town University, Washington, and in September, 1885, 
went to Champaign, 111., where he formed a law partnership 
with Hon. W. A. Day, Second Auditor of the Treasury 
Department. In October, 1886, he went to Kansas 
City, Mo., where he has since resided and has practiced 
law. 

He was married November 22, 1888, to Margaret, daugh- 
ter of Horace J. and Flora M. Gray, of Washington, and 
has one child, 

Dorothy, born July 30, 1890. 
Address — New York Life Building, or 425 Garfield 
Avenue, Kansas City, Mo. 



CLASS OF EIGHTY-ONE 37 

HENRY CLAY HALL 

the son of Henry Clay and Amanda Harwood (Ferry) Hall, 
was born at New York City, January 3, i860, and prepared 
for college at the Hartford (Conn.) High School. 

While in college he was a member of the Delta Kappa 
Epsilon Fraternity and of Phi Beta Kappa (Junior year). 

After graduation he studied law at the Columbia Law 
School, New York City, from which he graduated and re- 
ceived the degree of LL.B. in 1883, and was admitted to the 
New York Bar the same year. He became managing clerk 
in the law ofifice of Tunis G. Bergen, Esq., of New York 
City, where he remained until October, 1885, when he went 
to Paris, France, and associated himself with Edmund Kelly, 
Esq., Counsel to the U. S. Legation in that city, to whose 
practice he has since succeeded as senior partner of th^rm 
of Hall & Bodington, Counsellors and Barristers-at-law. 

He was married June 4, 1887, (this being the date of the 
religious marriage ceremony, the civil ceremony having 
taken place April 28, 1887) to Mary Bacon, daughter of the 
late Charles and Mary Cynthia (Bacon) Bartow, formerly of 
New York City, and has the following children, 

Bartow Harwood, born August 16, 1888. 
Ethel, born February 12, 1890. 
Address — 19 rue Scribe, Paris, France. 

FREDERICK CHADCEY HARDON 

the son of Almon C. and Ellen M. Hardon, was born at 
Mansfield, Mass., July 3, 1858, and prepared for college at 
the Bristol Academy, Taunton, Mass. 

After graduation from college he studied law for some 
time at the Boston University Law School and then went 
into business in Boston. In the fall of 1882 he went to New 
York City and became connected with the dry goods com- 
mission house of Faulkner, Page & Co., where he remained 
for two years. In 1885 he became a teacher at St. Paul's 



38 DECENNIAL RECORD 

Hall, Salem, N. Y., and held that position for three years, 
when he became principal of the High School at Mansfield, 
Mass., which position he still holds. He received the 
degree of M.A. (in course) from Amherst, in 1887. He is 
unmarried. 

Address — Mansfield, Mass. 

GEORGE PORTER HILTON 
the son of the late Charles and Mary E. (McWhorter) Hilton, 
was born at Albany, N. Y., March 19, 1859, ^^^ prepared 
for college at the Albany High School. 

While in college he was a member of the Alpha Delta 
Phi Fraternity, of Epsilon Pi Delta (Senior society) and of 
Phi Beta Kappa (Junior year). He was a member of the 
'81 Quartette and of the College Choir, leader of the Glee 
Club and Choregus on Class Day. 

After graduation he entered the office of the Hilton 
Bridge Construction Co. of Albany, of which his father was 
the chief engineer, where he remained as draughtsman and 
assistant engineer until January i, 1885, when he succeeded 
his father as chief engineer of the company, and now holds 
that position. He is a member of the American Society of 
Civil Engineers, and is unmarried. 

Address — Care Hilton Bridge Construction Co., Albany, 
N. Y. 

WILLIAM ELIAS HINCHLIFF 

the son of William and dementia (Collins) HinchlifT, was 
born at Chicago, 111., December 27, 1857, and prepared for 
college at the Chicago High School. 

While in college he was a member of the Torch and Crown 
Society and took the Kellogg prize (Sophomore year) for 
excellence in declamation. 

After graduation he became senior member of the firm of 
Hinchliff & Owens, manufacturers and dealers in pressed 



CLASS OF EIGHTY-ONE 39 

brick, of Chicago, which continued until March, 1890, when 
with others, he formed the Chicago Hydraulic Pressed 
Brick Co., of which he is a director. He then moved to 
Rockford, 111., where he became connected with the firm of 
Emerson, Talcott & Co., manufacturers of agricultural im- 
plements, and is now located at that place. 

He was married December 31, 1885, to Harriet Elizabeth, 
daughter of Ralph and Adeline E. Emerson, of Rockford, 
111., and has three children, 

Harriet Elizabeth, born October 24, 1887. 

Ralph, born March 20, 1889. 

Jeannette Belle, born July i, 1890. 
Address — Rockford, 111. 

BRADFORD WASHBURNE HITCHCOCK ^ 

the son of the late Rev. Roswell Dwight and Elizabeth 
Anthony (Brayton) Hitchcock, was born at New York City, 
January 2, i860, and prepared for college at Everson's 
School. His father was President of the Union Theological 
Seminary in that city. 

While in college he was a member of the Alpha Delta 
Phi Fraternity and of Beta Nu (Senior society) and took the 
Second Ely prize (Junior year) for excellence in English 
Composition. 

He entered the Columbia Law School, New York City, in 
the fall of 1 88 1, graduating and receiving the degree of 
LL.B. in 1883 and was admitted to the New York Bar the 
same year. He received the degree of M. A. (in course) 
from Amherst in 1884. In 1882 he entered the law ofifice 
of Messrs. Arnoux, Ritch & Woodford with whom he re- 
mained until October 1885, and has since been practicing 
law upon his own account. He is also a director in the 
Durfee Mills (cotton), Fall River, Mass., and is unmarried. 
Address — University Club, New York City. 



40 DECENNIAL RECORD 

FREDERIC EUGENE HUGHITT 
the son of William E. and Rachel M. Hughitt, was born at 
Genoa, Cayuga County, N. Y., May 5, 1857, and prepared 
for college at Williston Seminary, Easthampton, Mass. 

After graduation from college he went to Auburn, N. Y., 
and entered the law office of his father. He was admitted 
to the New York Bar in 1885, and has since been practic- 
ing in Auburn as a member of the law firm of W. E. & 
F. E. Hughitt. He is unmarried. 

Address — 41 Genesee Street, Auburn, N. Y. 

JAMES FURMAN KEMP 
the son of James A. and Caroline A. (Furman), Kemp, was 
born at New York City, August 14, 1859, ^"^^1 prepared for 
college at the Adelphi Academy, Brooklyn, N. Y. 

While in college he was a member of the Alpha Delta 
Phi Fraternity, of Beta Nu (Senior society) and of Phi Beta 
Kappa (Junior year). He took the Porter prize for the 
best entrance examination and the Second Walker Mathe- 
matical prize (Freshman year). He was a Monitor (Senior 
year) and graduated third in rank in the Class. He was 
Class Secretary throughout the course and Treasurer until 
Senior year. 

After graduation he spent the summer of 1881 in the 
Sauveur Summer School of Languages at Amherst, and in 
the fall entered the School of Mines, Columbia College, 
New York City, for a course in Mining Engineering, gradu- 
ating in June, 1884, with the degree of E.M. and was one 
of two speakers representing the School of Mines at the 
Columbia Commencement. He then became a fellow at 
Columbia, and assistant instructor in geology under Prof. 
J. S. Newberry, holding that position until the fall of 1885, 
when, his health failing, he went to Europe, and after con- 
siderable travel, studied geology at Munich and other Euro- 
pean universities. He returned in 1886, and became in- 



CLASS OF EIGHTY-ONE 4I 

structor in Geology at Cornell University, Ithaca, N. Y., 
receiving in 1888 the appointment of Assistant Professor of 
Geology and Mineralogy. He has contributed numerous 
articles upon his specialty to various scientific publications 
and has in preparation a book on the " Ore Deposits, etc., 
of the U. S.," which will doubtless be published within 
a few years. 

He was married September 5, 1889, to Kate, daughter 
of John N. and Kate Kittredge Taylor, of Kingston, R. I., 
and has one child, 

James Taylor, born August 7, 1890. 
Address — Cornell University, Ithaca, N. Y. 

CHARLES ELLIOTT LADD 
the son of William S. and Caroline A. Ladd, was b%rn at 
Portland, Oregon, August 5, 1857, and prepared for col- 
lege at Phillips Academy, Andover, Mass. 

While in college he was a member of the Alpha Delta 
Phi Fraternity and of Epsilon Pi Delta (Senior society); 
was Vice Gym. Captain in Junior year, and Marshal on 
Class Day. 

After graduation he went to Portland and entered the 
banking house of his father with the firm of Ladd & 
Tilton. He subsequently became secretary of the Portland 
Flouring Mills Co., which position he now holds. He was, a 
few years ago a candidate for Mayor of Portland, but was, 
as he says, " whipped like everything." 

He was married September 7, 1881, to Sarah, daughter 
of John G. and Sarah Hall, of Somerville, Mass. 

Address— Care Portland Flouring Mills Co., Portland, 
Oregon. 

CHARLES BROWN LATIMER 

(See Obituary Record, infra p. 13.) 



42 DECENNIAL RECORD 

RUSSELL TRALL LOW 
the son of Henry R, and Mary C. (Watkins) Low, was born 
at Monticello, N. Y., September 26, 1859, ^^^ prepared for 
college at Middletown and Poughkeepsie, N. Y. 

While in college he was a member of the Delta Upsilon 
Fraternity and of Phi Beta Kappa (Junior year). 

After graduation he resided for some time in Middle- 
town, N. Y., where he studied law and was admitted to the 
New York Bar. He subsequently went to New York City, 
where he was engaged in railroad construction matters and in 
practicing law, returning after the death of his father to his 
home in Middletown. He has been living in Livingston 
Manor, N. Y., for some time, on account of ill health. 

He was married September i, 1884, to Rollie H., daughter 
of Rolden and M. Borden (Carter) of New York City. 
Address— Middletown, N. Y. 

LINCOLN MAC VEAGH 

the son of Wayne and Letitia Lewis Mac Veagh, was born 
at West Chester, Penn., July 4, 1858, and prepared for col- 
lege at Quincy and Stockbridge, Mass. His father has been 
Attorney-General of the United States, and has held other 
important political positions. 

While in college he was a member of the Delta Kappa 
Upsilon Fraternity. 

After graduation he went to Washington, D. C, and 
studied law. After his admission to the Bar he continued 
in practice until 1884, when he went to Chicago, 111., where 
he has since been connected with the firm of Frankhn Mac 
Veagh & Co., wholesale grocers. For the past two years 
he has been in poor health, and has been living at Saranac 
Lake, Frankhn County, N. Y. 

He was married October 7, 1887, to Mary, daughter of 
John B. Hammond, of St. Paul, Minn., and has two chil- 
dren. 



CLASS OF EIGHTY-ONE 45 



Virginia Cameron, born July 30, i< 
John H., born November 7, 1890. 
Address — Care Charles Mac Veagh, Esq., 45 William 
Street, N. Y. City. 

LEANDER HAMILTON McCORMICK 
the son of the late Leander James and Henrietta McCormick, 
was born at Chicago, 111., May 7, 1859, ^^^ prepared for 
college at Phillips Academy, Andover, Mass. 

While in college he was a member of the Torch and 
Crown Society and graduated in the Scientific Course. 

After graduation he went to New York City and studied 
law at the Columbia College Law School, at the same time 
being connected with the law office of Messrs. Lord, Day & 
Lord. He resided in New York for several years and%then 
returned to Chicago, where he has been for some time a 
director and stockholder in the McCormick Harvest Ma- 
chine Co. of Chicago, and is at present engaged in the real 
estate business. 

He was married February 16, 1887, to Constance, daugh- 
ter of Edward and Ann Plummer, of Canterbury, England, 
and has two children, 

Leander James, born January 6, 1888. 
Edward Hamilton, born August 3, 1889. 
Address — Virginia Hotel, or 115 Dearborn Street,. 
Chicago, 111. 

FRANK LOUIS MELLEN 
the son of Henry L. and Maria L. Mellen, was born at 
Brookfield, Mass., October 29, 1858, and prepared for col- 
lege at the Williston Seminary, Easthampton, Mass. 

While in college he was a member of the Delta Upsilon 
Fraternity and of Phi Beta Kappa (Junior year), an Olio 
editor (Junior year), took the Second Hutchins prize for 
scholarship in Greek (Freshman year) and represented the 



44 DECENNIAL RECORD 

department of Ancient Languages at Commencement 
with an oration entitled " Eschylus as a Religious 
Teacher." 

After graduation he taught school at New Braintree for 
a year, after which he became Principal of the Webster 
(Mass.) High School, where he remained until 1885. He 
then became Classical Master of the Hitchcock Free High 
School at Brimfield, and in 1887 Submaster of the Worces- 
ter (Mass.) High School, which position he now holds. He 
is unmarried. 

Address — 19 High Street, Worcester, Mass. 

PARK MORRILL 
the son of the Rev. Stephen S. and Ellen B. Morrill, was 
born in Maiden, 111., June 24, i860, and prepared for college 
at Lawrence Academy, Groton, Mass. 

While in college he was a member of Phi Beta Kappa 
(Junior year), took the Porter Philosophical prize (Senior 
year) and represented the department of Mathematics at 
Commencement, his oration being entitled " Mathematical 
Thinking." 

After graduation he entered the U. S. Signal Service and 
was stationed in 1882 at Fort Myers, Va., and subse- 
quently at Baltimore, Md., where he also pursued a 
course at Johns Hopkins University, his specialty be- 
ing Atmospheric Electricity. In 1887 he was trans- 
ferred to Boston where he is connected with the Weather 
Bureau. He has published a book entitled " At- 
mospheric Electricity " printed at the Government Printing 
Office. 

He was married December 31, 1884, to Mary E., daugh- 
ter of James H. and Margaret E. Collins, of Emmetsburg, 
Md. 

Address — U. S. Signal Office, P. O. Building, Boston, 
Mass. 



CLASS OF EIGHTY-ONE 45 

STARR JOCELYN MURPHY - 
the son of the late Rev. Elijah Douglass and Harriet Luce- 
annah (Jocelyn) Murphy, was born at Avon, Hartford 
County, Conn., June 17, i860, and prepared for college at 
the Adelphi Academy, Brooklyn, N. Y. 

While in college he was a member of the Delta Upsilon 
Fraternity, of Phi Beta Kappa (Junior year) and of Beta Nu 
(Senior society). He was Class Historian (Freshman year), 
Grove Poet on Class day, a Monitor (Senior year) and grad- 
uated second in rank. 

After graduation he studied law at the Columbia Law 
School, New York City, from which he graduated and re- 
ceived the degrees of LL. B. and LL. B. (Cum laude) in 
1883, and was admitted to the New York Bar the same 
year. He had previously connected himself with thfe law 
ofifice of Messrs. Bangs & Stetson, and afterwards became 
managing clerk of Messrs. Chamberlain, Carter & Horn- 
blower, and later with H. A. Root, Esq., entering upon 
practice on his own account in 1886. In January, 1889, he 
formed the law firm of Murphy, Lloyd & Boyd, which firm 
still continues. He resides in Montclair, N. J. 

He was married June 9, 1887, to Julia Brush, daughter of 
John Mason and Maria Abigail (Brush) Doubleday, of 
Montclair, N. J. (sister of Doubleday '81,), and has two 
children, 

Helen, born June 19, 1888. 
Margaret, born November i, 1889, 
Address — 11 1 Broadway, New York City, 30 Moun- 
tain Avenue, Montclair, N. J. 

DANIEL NASON 
the son of Noah and Hannah R. (Kelham) Nason, was born 
at Kennebunk, Me., August 22, 1858, and prepared for 
College at the Westborough High School. 

While in college he was a member of the Delta Upsilon 



46 DECENNIAL RECORD 

Fraternity, Vice-President of the Class in Junior year, Pres- 
ident in Senior year, and a Student editor (Junior year). 

After graduation he spent a year in the law office of 
Messrs. Bacon, Hopkins & Bacon, in Worcester, Mass., and 
then entered the Harvard Law School, Cambridge, where he 
remained for a year, after which he went to New York City 
and completed his course at the Columbia Law School. 
After his admission to the New York Bar he formed, in 
1885, a law partnership with William Travers Jerome (Am- 
herst '82) under the name of Jerome & Nason of which firm 
he is still a member. He has published a pamphlet entitled 
" Legal Status of Dentists." He is unmarried. 
Address — University Club, New York City. 

WILLIAM SHEDD NELSON 
the son of Rev. Henry A. and Margaret Mills Nelson, 
was born at St. Louis, Mo., January 25, i860, and prepared 
for college at the Woodward High School, Cincinnati, 
O., and at the Geneva Classical and Union School, 
Geneva, N. Y. 

He entered Amherst in the second term of Sopho- 
more year and was a member of the Delta Upsilon Fra- 
ternity. 

After graduation he became Professor of Mathematics 
and Natural Sciences in Park College, Parkville, Mo., where 
he remained for three years. After a year's travel, he 
entered the Lane Theological Seminary, Cincinnati, O., from 
which he graduated in 1888. For several summers during 
his seminary course he was temporary editor of the St. 
Louis " Evangelist." In 1888 he went as a missionary, un- 
der the direction of the Presbyterian Board of Missions to 
Tripoli, Syria, where he now is. 

He was married July 19, 1888, to Emma,daughter of John 
E. Hay, of Walnut Hills, Cincinnati, O. 
Address — Tripoli, Syria. 



CLASS OF EIGHTY-ONE 4/ 

ALLEN MEAD NORTH 
the son of Gabriel Smith and Frances (Mead) North, was 
born September lo, 1853, at Walton, N. Y., and prepared 
for college at the Walton Academy and at the Binghamton 
(N. Y.) High School. 

While in college he was President of the Antivenenian 
society, a member of Phi Beta Kappa (Senior year) and took 
the Woods prize (Senior year). 

Since graduation he has lived in Binghamton, N. Y., where 
he has studied law and was admitted to the Bar in 1884. He 
did not practice, but went into business with his father, and 
after two years began private teaching, in which he is still 
engaged. He received the degree of M. A. (in course) from 
Amherst in 1887. He is unmarried. 

Address — 121 Murray Street, Binghamton, N. Y.% 

FRANK HENRY PARSONS 
the son of Charles H. and Esther R. (Smith) Parsons, was 
born at Brooklyn, N. Y,, August 26, 1861, and prepared for 
college at the Brooklyn Collegiate and Polytechnic Insti- 
tute. 

While in college he was a member of the Chi Psi Frater- 
nity, of Phi Beta Kappa (Junior year) and of Beta Nu (Sen- 
ior society), a member of the Glee Club, of the '81 Quartette 
and of the College Choir. 

Since graduation he has made Brooklyn his home, study- 
ing law at the Columbia Law School in New York City, 
from which he graduated in 1883 with the degree of LL.B., 
and was admitted to the New York Bar in the same year, 
receiving the degree of M.A. (in course) from Amherst in 
1884. Early in 1882 he entered the law office of Messrs. 
Birdseye, Cloyd & Bayliss in New York City, continuing 
with them as student and as managing clerk until April, 
1886, when he opened a law office of his own. In March, 
1888, he formed a law partnership with Daniel S. Remsen, 



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under the name of Remsen & Parsons, which firm still con- 
tinues. He is a director in the Brooklyn Y. M. C. A., and is 
unmarried. 

Address — 36 Tompkins Place, Brooklyn, N. Y., 69 Wall 
Street, New York City. 

HORACE BUSHNELL PATTON 

the son of the late Rev. William Weston and Mary Smith 
Patton, was born at Chicago, 111., September 18, 1858, and 
prepared for college at the Chicago High School. His father 
was President of Howard University, Washington, D. C. 

While in college he was a member of the Chi Phi Frater- 
nity, an Olio editor (Junior year) and a member of the Glee 
Club and College Choir. He represented the department of 
Natural Science at Commencement with an oration entitled 
" The History of Mt. Holyoke." 

After graduation he became an instructor at Howard 
University, going, after two years, to Germany, where he 
studied geology and mineralogy at Leipsic and Heidelberg 
and received the degree of Ph.D. from Heidelberg Univer- 
sity. He then became assistant to the Professor of Miner- 
alogy at Heidelberg where he remained until 1888. Upon 
his return to this country in that year, he became Adjunct 
Professor of Geology and Mineralogy at Rutgers College, 
New Brunswick, N. J. After two years he left Rutgers 
and became assistant Geologist on the Michigan State Geo- 
logical Survey, which position he now holds. He is un- 
married. 

Address — Geological Survey, Houghton, Mich. 

GEORGE GILBERT POND 

the son of Abel and Amelia H. Pond, was born at Hollis- 
ton, Mass., March 29, 1861, and prepared for college at the 
Holliston High School. 



CLASS OF EIGHTY-ONE 49 

While in college he was a member of the Delta Upsilon 
Fraternity and of Phi Beta Kappa (Senior year). 

After graduation he went to Germany and studied miner- 
alogy and chemistry at Gottingen, returning in the sum- 
mer of 1882 and teaching for a year at the Holliston High 
School, after which he became Instructor in Chemistry at 
Amherst College, holding that position for five years. In 
1888 he became Professor of Chemistry at the Pennsylvania 
State College, which position he now holds. He received 
from Amherst the degree of M.A. (in course) in 1884 and 
of Ph.D. in 1889. 

He was married August i, 1888 to Helen, daughter of 
Dwight W. and Clara P. Palmer, of Amherst, Mass., and has 
one child, 

Millicent, born August 2, 1889. » 

Address — State College, Center County, Penn. 

JAMES PERROTT PRINCE 
the son of James Perrott and Eliza Tarr Prince, was born at 
Rockport, Mass., June 7, 1861, and prepared for college at 
the Rockport High School. 

He entered college in Sophomore year and graduated 
in the Scientific Course. He was a member of Phi Beta 
Kappa (Senior year) and in Junior year divided with Rand 
('81) the French and Italian prize for scholarship and 
improvement in those languages. 

After graduation he studied law in Boston, Mass., and 
was admitted to the Suffolk County Bar in 1883, after which 
he practiced law in Boston with William A. Herrick, Esq., 
subsequently forming a law partnership with Edwin G. 
Alexander ('81) under the style of Prince & Alexander 
which partnership has since been dissolved. He is now 
practicing alone. He has made his home in Chelsea, 
Mass., where he has been an unsuccessful candidate for 
Member of the Common Council and for City Solicitor. 



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He was married September 30, 1885 to Carrie Ellen, 
daughter of John W. and Ellen A. Hodgdon, of Chelsea, and 
has two children, 

Hazel, born November 28, 1887. 
Stanley Perrott, born February 3, 1891. 
Address — 26 Cary Avenue, Chelsea, Mass., 28 State 
Street, Boston, Mass. 

EDWARD GILLETT RAND 

(See Obituary Record, infra p. 79.) 

WALTER JAY RICHARDSON 
the son of Joseph and Lydia Richardson, was born at 
Rochester, N. Y., November 17, 1856, and prepared for 
college at Northfield, Minn., entering Amherst during the 
third term of Freshman year. 

For the first year after graduation he " tilled the soil and 
studied medicine." He spent the second year at the Har- 
vard Medical College, Cambridge, Mass., and the next two 
years at the College of Physicians and Surgeons, New York 
City, from which he graduated in 1885, and received the 
degree of M.D. He entered upon the practice of his pro- 
fession in Minneapolis, Minn., where he remained until his 
removal to Minnesota Lake, where he is now living. 
He was married February 22, 1886, to Sarah, daughter of 
Nelson and Elizabeth Perkins Ordway, of West Hamp- 
stead, N. H., and has two children, 

Ralph Joseph, born December 14, 1886. 
Marian June, born June 4, 1888. 
Address — Minnesota Lake, Minn. 

CLINTON QUACKENBUSH RICHMOND 
the son of Albert E. and Anna M. Richmond, was born at 
Hoosick, N. Y., December 17, 1859, and prepared for college 
at the Drury High School, North Adams, Mass. 



CLASS OF EIGHTY-ONE 5 I 

While in college he was a member of the Delta Kappa 
Epsilon Fraternity, and of Epsilon Pi Delta (Senior soci- 
ety), an Olio editor, and President of the Olio Board 
(Junior year), and was Prophet at the Class Supper (Senior 
year). 

Since graduation he has resided in North Adams, Mass. 
He was engaged in the hotel business for five years, becom- 
ing in 1886 a partner in the Richmond Carbon Co. Two 
years afterward he became President of the Hoosac Valley 
Street Railway Co., and President of the Electric Light 
and Power Co., of Adams, which positions he now 
holds. He has been a member and Secretary of the Board 
of Education of North Adams since 1886. 

He was married September 28, 1887, to Hannah Mason, 
daughter of the late Elsworth N. and Harriet Whitman 
Bates, of North Adams, and has one child, 

Clinton Whitman, born October 22, 1890. 
Address — 25 Church Street, North Adams, Mass. 

WILFORD LASH ROBBINS 
the son of the late Robert Lash and Elizabeth Baldwin 
(Falconer) Robbins, was born at Boston, Mass., August 7, 
i860, and prepared for college at the Roxbury Latin 
School. 

While in college he was a member of the Psi Upsilon 
Fraternity, of Phi Beta Kappa (Junior year) and of Beta 
Nu (Senior society), took the second Hardy prize (Senior 
year) for extemporaneous speaking, and was Ivy Orator on 
Class Day. 

After graduation he studied theology at the Episcopal 
Theological School, Cambridge, Mass., during the course of 
which he spent eight months in study in Germany. He was 
ordained to the Diaconate in 1884, and to the Priesthood in 
1885. He then became Rector of the Church of Our Re- 
deemer at Lexington, Mass., where he continued until 1887, 



52 DECENNIAL RECORD 

when he became Dean of the Cathedral of All Saints, Al- 
bany, N. Y., which position he now holds. He is also on 
the editorial staff of the " Churchman." He received the 
degree of B.D. from Cambridge in 1885, and of M. A. (in 
course) from Amherst in 1888. He is unmarried. 
Address — 52 Swan Street, Albany, N. Y. 

FRANCIS AMOS RUGG 

the son of Amos and Julia K. Rugg, was born at Mon- 
tague, Mass., January 28, 1856, and prepared for college at 
the Westfield (Mass.) High School. 

While in college he was a member of the Chi Phi Fra- 
ternity and a Student editor (Junior year). 

After graduation he went into business as manager of 
the Rugg Manufacturing Co. at Montague, in the manu- 
facture of farming implements, and is still occupying the 
same position. In March, 1889, the factory was removed 
to Greenfield, Mass., where he now resides. He is a Trustee 
of the Amos Academy, Shelburne Falls, Mass., and has 
been a candidate for County Commissioner and for State 
Senator upon the Prohibition ticket. 

He was married June 16, 1886, to Mary D., daughter of 
the late S. A. and H. M. Dickinson, of Westfield, Mass., 
and has one child, 

Frank Dickinson, born May 17, 1887. 
Address — Greenfield, Mass. 

ARTHUR HASTINGS RUSSELL 
the son of Thomas H. and Maria L. Russell, was born at 
Boston, Mass., December i, 1859, ^"^ prepared for college 
at the Boston Latin School. 

While in college he was a member of the Psi Upsilon 
Fraternity. 

After graduation he entered the Boston University Law 
School, from which he graduated and received the degree 



CLASS OF EIGHTY-ONE 53 

of LL.B. in 1884, and was admitted to the Bar in the same 
year. He shortly afterward became junior partner of the 
law firm of C. T. & T. A. Russell, of Boston, of which firm 
he is still a member. He received the degree of M.A. (in 
course) from Amherst in 1887. 

He was married February 17, 1885, to Fannie Estelle, 
daughter of the late Franklin L. (M. D.) and Harriet S. 
Hunt, formerly of Amherst. He resides at Winchester 
and has three children, 

Helen, born September 23, 1886. 

Marie Louise, born December 15, 1888. 

Gertrude, born August 4, 1890. 
Address — 27 State Street, Boston, Mass. 

HENRY BENAJAH RUSSELL ^ 

the son of Edwin A. and Sarah L. Russell, was born at 
Russell, Mass., March 9, 1859, ^"<^ prepared for college at 
the Sufifield (Conn.) Literary Institution. 

While in college he was a member of the Delta Upsilon 
Fraternity. 

Since graduation he has made journalism his profession, 
taking a position within a month after leaving college on 
the editorial stafT of the " Springfield Republican." In 
March, 1882, he became assistant night editor of the "Bos- 
ton Globe," but shortly afterwards became, in connection 
with J. H. Mabbett, owner of the Meriden (Conn.) "Press," 
and conducted the editorial department of the paper. They 
soon bought out the *' Recorder," the oldest paper of the 
city, and consolidated the two under the name of the 
" Press-Recorder," which attained a considerable circulation. 
Three or four years afterward he sold out his interest to 
Mr. Mabbett and became a member of the editorial stafT of 
the " New York Sun." He removed to Providence, R. L, 
March, 1888, where he became one of the owners and edi- 
tors of the " Providence Journal." His health failing, he 



54 DECENNIAL RECORD 

went for a time to his old home at Suffield, Conn., and 
soon became and now is editor of the Hartford (Conn.) 
'' Post." 

He was married September 26, 1885, to Louise Annette, 
daughter of Silas W. and Louise (Thompson) Clark, of Suf- 
field, Conn., and has one son, 

Fordham Clark, born June 26, 1889. 
Address — Care " Hartford Post," Hartford, Conn. 

ROBERT VALENTINE SAWIN 
the son of Charles M, and Lucy W. Sawin, was born at 
Worcester, Mass., July 13, 1856, and prepared for college at 
the Worcester High School. 

While in college he was an Olio editor (Junior year). 
After graduation he became for a short time principal of 
a school at Milbury, Mass., and then entered the Jefferson 
Medical College, Philadelphia, Penn,, from which he grad- 
uated and received the degree of M.D. in 1885. He has 
since resided in Brimfield, Mass., where he has successfully 
practiced his profession. He has held several important 
town of^ces, among them Chairman of the School Board. 

He was married July 2, 1883, to Nettie E,, daughter of 
Oscar E. and Louise M, Washburne, of Brockton, Mass., 
and has had two children, 

Donald Washburne, born November 2, 1886, died 

March 23, 1888. 
Alice Ida, born June 22, 1S89 
Address — Brimfield, Mass. 

EDWARD ALLEN SAWYER 
the son of Edward J. and Arpha Sawyer, was born at 
Acworth, N. H., November 7, 1857, and prepared for col- 
lege at the Adams Academy, Quincy, Mass., entering '81 
in the second term of Freshman year. 

After graduation he entered the Medical Department of 



CLASS OF EIGHTY-ONE 55 

the University of the City of New York, studying there and 
at Bellevue Hospital for two years, graduating and receiving 
the degree of M.D. in 1883. He v/as shortly afterwards 
admitted to membership in the Worcester Southern District 
Medical Society and the Massachusetts Medical Society, 
and delivered the quarterly address before the District 
Medical Society in October, 1883, representing it in the 
American Medical Congress at Washington, D. C, in 1884. 
He received the degree of M.A. (in course) from Amherst 
in 1886. He has since 1883 been practicing medicine at 
Gardner, Mass., being the medical examiner of several 
insurance companies and examining surgeon of the Fitch- 
burg R. R. Co. He is Chairman of the local School 
Board and of the Board of Health, and in 1889 was ap- 
pointed by Gov. Ames, Medical Examiner for the ^cond 
Worcester District. He has written a History of Gardner, 
which was published in the local papers at the time of the 
Centennial celebration of the founding of the town. 

He was married April 24, 1883, to Minnie, daughter of 
Nehemiah and Jane Pierce, of Gardner, Mass. His wife 
died December 10, 1883, and on May 5, 1885, he was again 
married to Myra G., daughter of Alfred G. and Ehza 
Yebault, of Norfolk, Va. He has had two children, 

Harold' Allen, born July 28, 1887, died February 
12, 1889. 

Marjorie Howe, born May 20, 1890. 
Address — Gardner, Mass. 

FRED THOMAS SAYLES 
the son of Thomas D. and Sarah L. Sayles, was born at 
Pascoag, R. I., January 13, 1859, ^^^ prepared for college 
at the Norwich (Conn.) Free Academy. 

While in college he was a member of the Psi Upsilon 
Fraternity and of Epsilon Pi Delta (Senior society). 

He has resided since graduation in Norwich, and is in 



56 DECENNIAL RECORD 

the woolen manufacturing business with the firm of Sayles 
& Washburn, of which firm he is now a junior member. 
He is unmarried. 

Address — Norwich, Conn. 

JOHN VAN BEUREN SCARBOROUGH 
the son of William W. and Sarah Van Beuren Scarborough, 
was born at Cincinnati, O., August lo, 1859, and prepared 
for college " nowhere." 

When in college he was a member of the Torch and 
Crown Society and of Epsilon Pi Delta (Senior society). 

After graduation he went into the real estate business in 
Cincinnati, at the same time studying law at the Cincin- 
nati Law School. He is still engaged in the real estate 
business, though he has also been interested in cattle rais- 
ing in Wyoming. He is unmarried. 

Address — P. O. Box 223, Cincinnati, O. 

JAMES WITHERELL SEELYE 
the son of Henry E. and Henrietta Hurd Seelye, was born 
at Chicago, 111., July 5, 1858, and prepared for college at 
the Lake Forest Academy, Lake Forest, 111. 

After graduation from college he studied theology at the 
Union Theological Seminary in New York City for one 
year, and at the Auburn (N. Y.) Theological Seminary for 
two years, graduating from the latter in 1884. In that year 
he was ordained an evangelist by the Cayuga (N. Y.) Pres- 
bytery, and went as a missionary under the direction of the 
A. B. C. F. M. to Smyrna and Trebizond, Asia Minor ; 
thence in 1885 to Constantinople, Turkey, where he en- 
gaged in work among the Greeks, devoting himself particu- 
larly to educational matters. In 1889 he returned and be- 
came the pastor of the First Congregational Church of 
Olney, 111., but after a year he accepted a call as a supply 
to the Presbyterian Church of Shawneetown, 111., where he 



CLASS OF EIGHTY-ONE 57 

now resides. He has written a number of pamphlets and 
tracts in Greek which were published in Turkey. 

He was married November 14, 1889, to a fellow mission- 
ary, Laura, daughter of Henry and Phebe W. Tucker, for- 
merly of Buffalo, N. Y., and now of Cedar Rapids, Iowa. 
He has one child, 

Paul Witherell, born October 18, 1890. 
Address — Shawneetown, 111. 

ELLIS GRAY SEYMOUR 
the son of Frederick Z. and Josephine Plimpton Seymour, 
was born at West Newton, Mass., October 13, i860, and pre- 
pared for college at the Brooklyn (N. Y.) Collegiate and 
Polytechnic Institute. 

While in college he was a member of the Chi Psi I^ater- 
nity and of Phi Beta Kappa (Senior year) and represented 
the department of English Literature at Commencement 
with an oration entitled " American Fiction." 

He has resided since graduation in Brooklyn. He studied 
law at the Columbia Law School, New York City, from 
which he graduated in 1883 with the degree of LL.B. and 
was admitted to the New York Bar the same year. He 
practiced law alone and as a member of the firm of Jones & 
Seymour in New York City until 1890, when he gave up his 
practice and devoted himself to education and social 
science, to which he had for some years given considerable 
attention, particularly in connection with the Boys' Club 
and Mission work in Forsyth Street, New York. He has 
been manager of a similar enterprise in Brooklyn but has 
recently retired from active control. He is unmarried 
though he is reported to be engaged. 

Address — 151 Warren Street, Brooklyn, N. Y. 

ARTHUR JOSEPHUS SHAW 
the son of Josephus and Harriet A. Shaw, was born at 



58 DECENNIAL RECORD 

Braintree, Mass., September i, 1859, ^^^ prepared for col- 
lege at Adams Academy, Quincy, Mass. 

After graduation he taught for several years, being suc- 
cessively connected with the Seward Institute, Florida, N. 
Y., the Silleck School, Norwalk, N. Y., a school at Calliseo, 
N. Y,, and the Orange (N. J.) Institute, becoming then 
manager of the Englewood (N. J.) Institute. He soon 
afterward went into business as Treasurer of the E. M. 
Boynton Saw & File Co. in New York City, and after 
its dissolution became manager of the shoe factory of Fogg, 
Shaw, Thayer & Co., at Concord, Mass. In 1888 he became 
a member of the firm of Shaw Bros. & Co., in the clothing 
business, in which he still continues. He received the de- 
gree of M.A. from Amherst (in course) in 1885. 

He was married November 27, 1883, to Sarah Elinor, 
daughter of Hugh and Martha S. Parks, of New York City, 
and has three children, 

Elinor, born April 10, 1885. 
Harriet Gladys, born August 20, 1887. 
Arthur J., Jn, born August 31, 1890. 
Address — Braintree, Mass. 

ISAAC CHIPMAN SMART 
the son of the Rev. William S. and Sarah J. Smart, was 
born at Shoreham, Vt., July 28, 1859, ^^^ prepared for col- 
lege at the Albany (N. Y.) Academy. 

While in college he was a member of the Alpha Delta 
Phi Fraternity, of Epsilon Pi Delta (Senior society) and of 
Phi Beta Kappa (Senior year), was Vice-President of the 
Class during Freshman year, President during Junior year, a 
Student editor (Junior year) and Class Orator on Class 
Day. 

After graduation he became editor of the Pittsfield 
(Mass.) " Evening Journal," continuing in that capacity 
until October, 1882, when he resigned his position and en- 



CLASS OF EIGHTY-ONE 59 

tered the Union Theological Seminary, New York City, 
from which he graduated in 1885. After his ordination to 
the ministry he accepted a call to the South Congregational 
Church of Pittsfield, Mass., of which church he is still pastor. 
He was married May 20, 1885, to Bertha Louise, daugh- 
ter of Oliver M. Clapp, of New York City, and has three 
children, 

Oliver Martin, born August 4, 1886. 

Samuel Chipman, born May 4, 1888. 

Bertha Louise, born August i, 1890. 
Address — 8 Church Street, Pittsfield, Mass. 

HENRY GOODWIN SMITH 
the son of the late Rev. Henry B. and Elizabeth Allen 
Smith, was born at New York City, January 8, i86c^and 
prepared for college at Everson's School in the same city. 

After a year at Columbia College he entered '81 during 
the first term of Sophomore year. 

While in college he was a member of the Psi Upsilon 
Fraternity, of Beta Nu (Senior society) and was a Student 
editor (Junior year). 

After graduation he took a four years' course at the Union 
Theological Seminary, New York City, from which he 
graduated in 1885, and on April 15, 1886, was ordained and 
installed pastor of the Presbyterian Church of Freehold, N. 
J., which position he still holds. He received the degree 
of M. A. (in course) from Amherst in 1884. He has revised 
and published a book written by his father, who was a dis- 
tinguished Professor in the Union Theological Seminary, 
the title being " System of Christian Theology." He is 
unmarried but is reported to be engaged. 

Address — P. O. Box 404, Freehold, N. J. 

CHARLES BARZILLAI SPAHR 

the son of the late Rev. Barzillai N. and Elizabeth J. Spahr^ 



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was born at Columbus, O., July 20, i860, and prepared for 
college at the Columbus High School. 

While in college he was a member of the Chi Psi Frater- 
nity, of Beta Nu (Senior society) and of Phi Beta Kappa 
(Junior year). He was Vice-President of the Class (Senior 
year), took the Phi Beta Kappa Philosophical prize (Senior 
year) and represented the department of Philosophy at 
Commencement, his oration being entitled " The 
Wesleyan Reform." 

After graduation he became teacher of History and 
Mathematics in the Columbus High School, holding that 
position for two years, at the same time being one of the 
editors and part owner of the " Columbus Gazette," a 
weekly journal and review. In 1883 he went to New York 
City and studied for a year at the School of Politicial 
Science, Columbia College, and in 1884 went to Europe 
where he studied Politicial Economy at Berlin and Leipsic. 
He returned in 1885 to Columbus, where he studied law 
until 1886, when he went to New York and took his final 
examinations, and received from Columbia College the 
degree of Ph.D. In 1886 he accepted a position on the 
editorial staff of the " Christian Union," and in 1889 on the 
editorial staff of the " Commercial Advertiser," both of 
which positions he still holds. He has been since 1889, 
lecturer at Columbia College on the Taxation and Distri- 
bution of Wealth. His pamphlet on the " Taxation of 
Labor," published by Ginn & Co., has attracted widespread 
attention. He is unmarried. 

Address — The Benedick, 80 Washington Square E., 
New York City. 

CHARLES A. STEARNS 
the son of Andrew J. and Mary M. Stearns, was born at 
West Medway, Mass., August 15, 1858, and prepared for 
college at the Worcester High School. 



CLASS OF EIGHTY-ONE 6 1 

While in college he was a member of the Chi Phi Frater- 
nity. 

After graduation he entered the Harvard Medical School, 
from which he graduated in 1884 and received the degree 
of M.D. He practiced medicine in Providence, R. I., for 
a year and then removed to Pawtucket, R. I., where he 
now is. 

He was married October 22, 1889, to Anna E. daughter 
of Warren E, and Anna Greene, of Providence, R. I. 
Address — Pawtucket, R. I. 

GILES HEATH STILWELL 
the son of Philip T. and Lucy H, Stilwell, was born at 
Windsor, N. Y., January 15, 1855, and prepared for college 
at the Windsor Academy. ^ 

He entered Amherst with the class of '80, but leaving 
college at the end of Freshman year, remained out for one 
year and entered '81 during its Sophomore year. While in 
college he was a member of the Delta Kappa Epsilon 
Fraternity and took the First Hardy prize (Senior year) for 
extemporaneous speaking. 

After graduation he was for three years principal of the 
Academy at Lisle, N. Y., and for the next three years, of 
the Academy and Union School at Geddes, N. Y. In 1887 
he began to study law. He was admitted to the Bar in 1889, 
and has since been practicing as a member of the law firm 
of Gill & Stilwell, of Syracuse, N. Y. He is one of the 
School Commissioners of that city. He received the degree 
of M.A. (in course) from Amherst in 1885. 

He was married April 29, 1885, to Mary A., daughter of 
Alonzo Lewis, of Lisle, N. Y. 

Address — 1945 West Fayette Street, Syracuse, N. Y. 

THATCHER THAYER THURSTON 
the son of the Rev. Eli and Julia A. (Sessions) Thurston, 



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was born at Fall River, Mass., November i8, 1859, ^"^ pre- 
pared for college at Phillips Academy, Andover. 

While in college he was a member of the Alpha Delta Phi 
Fraternity, of Epsilon Pi Delta (Senior society), was an Olio 
editor (Junior year). Toast Master at the Class Supper 
(Senior year) and a member of the College Base Ball Nine. 

For three years after graduation he was associated in the 
woolen goods business in New York City, with George E. 
Stedman, New York Agent of Sayles & Washburn, of 
Norwich, Conn. He then became assistant editor of the 
Fall River Globe Publishing Company, and special corre- 
spondent of the Province (R. I.) "Journal," living at Fall 
River, Mass., where he now is. He is unmarried. 
Address — Fall River, Mass. 

ALBERT DUANE WASHBURN 
the son of James M. and Cornelia (Sweet) Washburn, was 
born at Donaldsonville, La., July 18, 1859, ^^^ prepared 
for college at the Monson Academy, Monson, Mass. 

After graduation from college he resided for a year at 
West Stafford, and became connected in 1882 with the 
Union Manufacturing Company at New Britain, Conn., 
where he remained for three years. In 1885 he took charge 
of the interest department of the Kansas Loan and Trust 
Company of Topeka, Kansas, " the largest loan company 
in the state," which position he still occupies. He is un- 
married. 

Address — 217 Van Buren Street, Topeka, Kansas. 

EDWIN PERRY WELLS 
the son of Hiram C. and Ellen M. Wells, was born at 
Southbridge, Mass., June 2, 1859, ^"^ prepared for college 
at the Hitchcock Free High School, Brimfield, Mass. 

He entered Amherst in the first term of Sophomore year 
and graduated in the Scientific Course. 



CLASS OF EIGHTY-ONE 63 

After graduation he spent a year at Amherst as assistant 
to Prof. Emerson, cataloguing and arranging the Shepard 
collection of minerals. In the fall of 1882, he went into 
business in Boston and was connected with the Suffolk Iron 
Company and the Ashcroft Manufacturing Company for 
two years, when he accepted a position with the George P. 
Blake Pump Works, where he remained for three years. In 
1887 he became foreman of the gold department of the 
American Optical Works at Southbridge, Mass., which 
position he still holds. He is a member of the Southbridge 
Board of Trade and Clerk of the Directors of the South- 
bridge Gas & Electric Company. 

He was married October 25, 1882, to Addie, daughter of 

Henry and Joanna Weeks Greene, of Warren, Mass. 

Address — Southbridge, Mass. 

fc> ' ^ 

EDUARD WILSON 

the son of James and Nancy Wilson, was born at Warren, 
O., March 15, 1853, and prepared for college at the Allegh- 
any College. 

After a short time at Brown University he entered Am- 
herst with the class of '80 entering '8 1 during its Junior year. 

After graduation he studied theology at the Boston Uni- 
versity for a year and subsequently at the Union Theolog- 
ical Seminary, New York City. He then went to Ohio and 
was ordained a minister of the Methodist Episcopal Church, 
and has been in charge of churches at Nelson, Dorset, May- 
field, Nottingham and Thompson, O., successively, and 
is now pastor of the church at the last named place. 

He was married December 19, 1883 to Mary Conden, 
daughter of Philo and Ada Gates, of Gustavus, O., and has 
the following children, 

Herbert Gates, born October 30, 1884. 
Paul Eduard, born November 9, 1886. 
Address — Thompson, Ohio. 



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RUFUS STANLEY WOODWARD 
the son of Rufus and Jane Fox Woodward, was born at 
Worcester, Mass., August 14, 1859, ^^^ prepared for college 
at the Worcester High School. 

While in college he was a member of the Delta Kappa 
Epsilon Fraternity, of Epsilon Pi Delta (Senior society), 
was Gym Captain (Junior and Senior years) and Captain of 
the College Base Ball Nine. 

Since graduation he has resided in Worcester. He was 
connected with Kinnicut & Co., in the hardware business 
for five years, and with the firm of Jerome Marble & Co., 
oils, drugs, etc., for four years; since 1889 he has been 
a member of the latter firm. He is Alumni director of the 
Amherst College Athletic Association. He is unmarried. 
Address — 52 Pearl St., Worcester, Mass. 



NON-GRADUATES 



JOHN ERVING BRADLEY 
the son of Henry Osgood and Sarah L. Bradley, was born 
at Worcester, Mass., February 26, i860, and prepared for 
college at the Worcester High School. 

While in college he was a member of the Delta Kappa 
Epsilon Fraternity. 

He left Amherst at the end of Freshman year and ^went 
into business in Worcester, becoming associated with the 
firm (established by his grandfather) of Osgood Bradley & 
Sons, manufacturers of railway cars, with which he is still 
connected. 

He was married October 13, 1887, to Emma Maria,, 
daughter of James B. and Maria Dingley, of Gardner;, 
Maine, and has one child, 

Helen Osgood, born July 16, 1888. 
Address — Care Osgood Bradley & Sons, Worcester, 
Mass. 

IRVING BURDICK 

the son of James T. and Ellinda T. Burdick, was born at 
New York City, June 30, 1859, ^^^ prepared for college at 
the Cortland Academy, Homer, N. Y. 

He entered Amherst early in Sophomore year and remain- 
ed not quite a year. He was a member of the Chi Phi 
Fraternity. In September 1880, he entered Rutgers College, 
New Brunswick, N. J., from which he graduated in the class 
of '82, subsequently receiving therefrom the degree of M.A. 



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(in course). He now resides in Brooklyn, N. Y., and has 
devoted himself to music as a profession. 

He was married March 22, 1887 to Mary, daughter of 
William and Mary Russell, of Brooklyn, and has one child, 
Irvina, born March 17, 1888. 
Address — 461 Gates Ave., Brooklyn, N. Y. 

WALTER BENHAM CHAPEL 
the son of the late Hiram and Susan M. Chapel, was born 
at Quaker Hill, New London, Conn., August 15, 1858, and 
prepared for college at the Bulkeley High School, New 
London. 

He left Amherst at the end of Sophomore year and went 
into business at New London. After some years he went 
to Essex, Kansas, and now lives on a ranch, twenty miles 
north of the Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe R. R., engaged 
in cattle raising. He has been a candidate for Superin- 
tendent of Public Instruction. He is unmarried. 
Address — Essex, Garfield Co., Kansas. 

HIRAM PRICE COLLIER 
the son of the late Rev. Robert Laird and Mary Price Col- 
lier, was born at Davenport, Iowa, May 25, i860, and pre- 
pared for college at Geneva, Switzerland, and at Cam- 
bridge, Mass. 

While in college he was a member of the Psi Upsilon 
Fraternity. 

He left Amherst at the close of Freshman year and stud- 
ied theology at the Theological School of Harvard Univer- 
sity, Cambridge, Mass., from which he graduated and re- 
ceived the degree of B.D. In 1882 he became minister at 
the Old Meeting House, Hingham, Mass., where he re- 
mained for six years, in 1888 accepting a call to the Church 
of the Saviour, the largest Unitarian church of Brooklyn, 
N. Y., of which church he is now minister. He has pub- 



CLASS OF EIGHTY-ONE 6"] 

lished a large number of pamphlets and has been on the 
editorial staff of the *' Unitarian " for the last ten years. 

He was married June 9, 1886, to Gertrude Augusta, 
daughter of Frank O. and Mary W. Dame, of Boston, 
Mass. 

Address — 98 Pierrepont Street, Brooklyn, N. Y. 

JOHN DAVIDSON CORE 
the son of John and Annie W. Core, was born at Wether- 
edsville, Md., February 19, 1858, and prepared for college 
at the Adelphi Academy, Brooklyn, N. Y. 

While in college he was a member of the Chi Psi Frater- 
nity. 

He left Amherst during Sophomore year, and has 
since resided in Baltimore, Md., associated in business^with 
the firm of Cushing & Bailey and their successors, Cushing 
& Co., booksellers and stationers, and now has entire charge 
of the counting-room. He holds financial positions with 
several benefit societies and is organist and leader of the 
choir of the First Congregational Church. 

He was married October 22, 1885, to Bessie, daughter of 
Oliver F. and Susan M. Day, of Baltimore, and has one 
child, 

Marion Elizabeth, born April 19, 1887. 
Address — 34 West Baltimore Street, Baltimore, Md. 

WILLIAM FREDERICK DENFELD 
the son of Frank and Margareta Denfeld, was born at Nat- 
ick, Mass., December 3, 1857, and prepared for college at 
the Westborough (Mass.) High School. 

While in college he was a member of the Delta Upsilon 
Fraternity, but left Amherst at the end of Sophomore year 
and entered Brown University, Providence, R. I., from 
which he graduated in the class of '81. 

After graduation he taught school at Oxford, Mass., for 



68 DECENNIAL RECORD 

a year, after which he studied law at the Michigan Univer- 
sity Law School at Ann Arbor, and was admitted to the 
Bar in 1883. He practiced law for a year at Lexington, 
Ky., where he was associated with the law firm of Morton 
& Parker, and then removed to Saginaw (East Side) Mich., 
where he has since been practicing. He has been for three 
years past Secretary and Treasurer of the Board of Educa- 
tion of that city. 

He was married October 24, 1888, to Elizabeth Theiss, of 
Saginaw (West Side), and has one child, 

Charlotte Theiss, born August 11, 1889. 
Address — Saginaw (East Side) Mich. 

JOHN HAYNES FLOWER 

(See Obituary Record, infra p. 79.) 

WILLIAM WALKER HARTWELL 
(See Obituary Record, infra p. 79.) 

EDWARD STEPHEN HAYES 
the son of Charles and Emma Hayes, was born at Industry, 
Me., December 27, 1856, and prepared for college at the 
Maine Wesleyan Seminary. 

While in college he was a member of the Delta Kappa 
Epsilon Fraternity. 

He left Amherst in March 1878, during Freshman year 
and entered the Harvard Medical School, from which he 
graduated and received the degree of M.D. He then ac- 
cepted a position at the Rhode Island General Hospital, 
remaining there until his removal, in 1882, to Eau Claire, 
Wis., where he has since practiced as a physician and sur- 
geon. He is local surgeon for the C. St. P. M. & O. R. R. 
and of the Wisconsin Central R. R. and also U. S. Pension 
Examiner. 

He was married in June, 1886, to Miriam P., daughter of 



CLASS OF EIGHTY-ONE 69 

O. H. and Cornelia Ingram, of Eau Claire, Wis., and has 
two children, 

Ruth L, born July 22, 1887. 

Ingram E., born May 28, 1890. 
Address — Eau Claire, Wis. 

WILLIAM EDWARD HOW 
the son of James C. and Helen (Whitney) How, was born 
at Haverhill, Mass., January 10, 1858, and prepared for 
college at the Haverhill High School. He entered '81 
during Sophomore year and continued during most of the 
course, but did not graduate. 

Since leaving college he has resided in Haverhill and for 
a time studied medicine with his father, becoming shortly 
afterwards a reporter and subsequently associate editor of 
the Haverhill " Daily Bulletin," which position he now 
holds. He is a Vestryman and Clerk of Trinity Episcopal 
Church and Secretary of the Haverhill Board of Trade. He 
is unmarried. 

Address — 8 Cedar Street, Haverhill, Mass, or 89 Merri- 
mac Street, Haverhill, Mass. 

WALTER STEPHEN JOHNSON 

(See Obituary Record, infra p. 79.) 

WILLIAM ALVIN KNOWLTON 

the son of William W. and Martha E. Knowlton, was born 
at Nashville, Tenn., June 24, 1855, and prepared for col- 
lege at the Phillips Academy, Andover, Mass. 

While in college he was a member of the Delta Upsilon 
Fraternity. 

He left Amherst during Sophomore year and studied law 
at the Boston University Law School from which he gradu- 
ated with the degree of LL.B. and was shortly afterwards 
admitted to the Massachusetts Bar. He has since resided 



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at Natick, practicing law in Boston as a member of the firm 
of Crandall & Knowlton. 

He was married June 27, 1883, to Elizabeth, daughter of 
Alpheus W. and Fannie Burks, of Natick, Mass., and has 
two children, 

Harold W., born October 31, 1888. 
Marion, born January 3, 1890. 
Address — Natick, Mass., or 105 Sum^mer Street, Room 
17, Boston. 

JOHN LYNN LAMPSON 
the son of John Leonard and Martha Fleming Lampson, 
was born at Kingsport, Tenn., February 7, 1858, and pre- 
pared for college at the Jonesborough (Tenn.) Academy. 

He left Amherst at the close of Sophomore year and en- 
tered the Junior class of Hamilton College, Clinton, N. Y., 
from which he graduated in 1882, and has since received 
the degree of M.A. (in course). After graduation he be- 
came professor of Latin in the University of Nashville, 
(Tenn.) which position he now holds. He is also Junior ed- 
itor of the "South Western Journal of Education." He is 
unmarried. 

Address — University of Nashville, Nashville, Tenn. 

HERBERT MONTAGUE LINNELL 
the son of Jonathan E. and Fannie A. Linnell, was born at 
Worcester, Mass., April 12, i860, and prepared for college 
at the Norwich (Conn.) Free Academy. 

He left '81 after one year, remained with '82 for a short 
time finally leaving Amherst and going into business in 
Boston in connection with the Thompson-Houston Electric 
Co. In 1884 he became business manager of the Schuyler 
Electric Co. removing to New York City in 1888. Since 
1889 he has been in business on his own account as a con- 
tractor in electric lighting. He is unmarried. 



CLASS OF EIGHTY-ONE 7 1 

Address — P. O. Box 2573, or 134 West Thirty-ninth 
Street, New York City. 

ANSON MARSHALL LYMAN 
the son of Benjamin A. and Sarah D. (Hastings) Lyman, 
was born at Orange, Mass., July 19, 1858, and prepared 
for college at the Orange High School and with a private 
tutor. 

He left Amherst during Junior year and went to Orange 
where he lived until January, 1884. studying law with R. D. 
Chase, Esq., of Orange, and also at the Boston University 
Law School. He was admitted to the Bar in the fall of 
1883 and has practiced law in Boston, forming in 1885 ^ l^w 
partnership with Charles F. Perkins, Esq., under the name 
of Perkins & Lyman, which firm still continues. ^ 

He was married July 19, 1890, to Annie E., daughter of 
Charles A. S. and Ann E. (Brown) Perkins, of Plymouth, 
Mass. 

Address — 82 Devonshire Street, Boston, Mass. 

HERBERT STOREY MARTIN 
the son of Haskell C. and Jane K. Martin, was born at 
Proctorsville, Vt., November 12, 1857, and prepared for col- 
lege at the Springfield (Mass.) High School. 

He left Amherst at the end of Freshman year and went 
into business in Springfield where he remained until 1886. 
He then removed to Chicopee, Mass., where he is resident 
member of the firm of H. S. Martin & Co., house fur- 
nishers. 

He was married January 25, 1887, to Mary, daughter of 
the late Josephus and Mary A. Chapin, of Chicopee, and 
has two children, 

Edith C, born October 20, 1887. 
Leslie C, born July 5, 1890. 
Address — Chicopee, Mass. 



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EDWARD FOOTE MATHEWS 

(See Obituary Record, infra p. 79.) 
HERBERT BLAKEMORE MAYNARD 
the son of Horatio B. and Keziah C. Maynard, was born at 
Washington C. H., Ohio, February 11, 1859, ^.nd prepared 
for college at St. Johnsbury, Vt. 

He was connected with '81 during Sophomore year, and 
after leaving college became a civil engineer, and has been 
connected with the Louisville & Nashville R. R., with head- 
quarters at New Orleans, La. ; with the Kansas City, Mem- 
phis & Birmingham R. R., and was located at Aberdeen, 
Miss., and is now connected with the Georgia, Carolina & 
Northern R. R., and lives at Decatur, Ga. 

He was married October 19, 1887, to Margaret, daughter 
of Charles A. and Jean Palmer, of Washington C. H., and 
has two children, 

Robert P., born December 4, 1888. 
Horace, born October 3, 1890. 
Address — Care G., C. & N. R. R. Co., Decatur, Ga. 

EDWARD MERRILL 
is the only living member of the Class who has not been 
heard from directly. 

He was born at Haverhill, Mass., August 23, 1857, and 
when he entered Amherst was the ward of the late Dr. John 
Crowell, of Haverhill. He left college during Sophomore 
year, and is reported to be married. He is believed to be 
in business in Salt Lake City, Utah, as letters addressed to 
him there are not returned, though they are not answered. 
Inquiry of his friends has likewise proved fruitless except 
as to his address; his sister, of whom inquiry was made, 
stating '' that if Edward wanted anything published about 
himself, he would probably let you hear from him," refused 
further information. 

Address — Salt Lake City, Utah. 



CLASS OF EIGHTY-ONE 73 

GORDON PARKER 
the son of Ebenezer and Elsie Lord Parker, was born at 
Woburn, Mass., July 11, 1858, and prepared for college at 
Woburn High School. 

He left Amherst at the end of Sophomore year and went 
into the drug business in Brockton, where he is head of the 
drug firm of Gordon Parker & Co. He is unmarried. 
Address — Brockton, Mass. 

HORACE WADLEIGH RICE 
the son of George W. and Harriet O. (Lawrence) Rice, was 
born at Holliston, Mass., April 25, 1859, ^^^ prepared for 
college at the Westborough (Mass.) High School. 

He left Amherst at the end of Sophomore year and en- 
tered Brown University, Providence, R. L, from whicfi he 
graduated in 1881. 

After graduation he was for a year a teacher in the West- 
borough (Mass.) High School, when he became Principal of 
the Sawin Academy of Sherborn, Mass. He remained there 
until 1888, when he accepted the position of principal of 
the Lewis High School of Southington, Conn., where he 
now is. He received the degree of M.A. (in course) from 
Brown University in 1887. 

He was married June 17, 1886, to Helen Elizabeth, daugh- 
ter of John S. and Lucy A. (Eldridge) Hemenway, of Stone- 
ham, Mass., and has one child, 

Lawrence Grout, born March 10, 1888. 
Address — Southington, Conn. 

WATSON LEWIS SAVAGE 
the son of Ralph B. and Sarah A. Savage, was born at 
Cromwell, Conn., November 26, 1859, ^^^ prepared for col- 
lege at the Middletown (Conn.) High School, and with a 
private tutor. 



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He remained in '8i during Freshman year, but afterwards 
joined '82 with which he graduated. 

After graduation he was a teacher in the Shattuck School 
at Farebault, Minn., for a year, and then studied medicine 
at the Long Island College Hospital, Brooklyn, N. Y., from 
which he graduated in 1885, receiving the degree of M.D. 
During his medical course he was also Superintendent of 
the Pathological Laboratory and Instructor in Physical 
Culture in the Brooklyn Y. M. C. A. Gymnasium and in 
various schools. 

For two years after graduation from the Medical School 
he was a physician and surgeon in St. Peters' Hospital, 
Brooklyn, and assistant Demonstrator in Obstetrics at the 
Long Island College Hospital, besides conducting his pri- 
vate practice. In 1887 he became Director and Manager of 
the Berkeley Athletic Club in New York City, from which 
he resigned in 1890 to become President and Manager of 
the Dr. Savage Physical Development Institute, Limited, 
also in New York City, which position he now holds. 

He was married October 26, 1887, to Ella, daughter of 
John and Emma Whiting, of Brooklyn, and has had one 
child, 

Helen Whiting, born February i, 1890, died 
August 18, 1890. 
Address — 308 & 310 West Fifty-ninth Street, New 
York City. 

RICHARD WILKINS SAYLOR 

(See Obituary Record, infra p. 79.) 

FREDERIC WILLIAM SEARS 
the son of Hector Sears, was born at Morristown, N. J., 
January 30, 1859, ^^^ prepared for college at the Adelphi 
Academy, Brooklyn, N. Y. 

After spending a year at Yale College, he entered Amherst 



CLASS OF EIGHTY-ONE 75 

'8 1 during the second term of Sophomore year and contin- 
ued with the Class throughout the course. He was a mem- 
ber of the Torch and Crown Society. 

After leaving college he became a farmer at Keeler's Bay, 
Vt., for three years and then a druggist at Jamestown, Vt., 
as a member of the firm of Sears & Jagger. He also en- 
tered the Medical School of Vermont University at Burling- 
ton, Vt., from which he graduated and received the degree 
of M.D. in 1887. After a year at the College of Physicians 
and Surgeons in New York City, he settled in Waterbury, 
Vt., but sold his practice there in May, 1890, and is travel- 
ing in the South. 

He was married in the summer of 1881. 

Address — Care A. W. Underbill, 73 Downing Street, 
Brooklyn, N. Y. « 



ARTHUR PRESTON SMITH 
the son of John R. and Electa C. Smith, was born at Sun- 
derland, Mass., August 15, 1855, and prepared for college at 
Phillips Academy, Andover, Mass., and at New Windsor, 
Md. 

He entered Amherst in the class of '80, but entered '81 
in its Freshman year, completing the course, but did not 
graduate. While in college he was a member of the Torch 
and Crown Society and was Prophet on the Prophet at the 
Class Supper (Senior year). 

After leaving college he engaged in farming at Sunder- 
land, Mass., and at Keeler's Bay, Vt. until 1888, when he 
became a teacher at Sunderland, continuing in that capacity 
for two years. He is at present associated with the Com- 
mercial Endowment Association of Northampton, Mass.> 
and is unmarried. 

Address — 137 Main Street, Northampton, Mass., or Sun- 
derland, Mass. 



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CHARLES HENRY STEVENS 

the son of Edmund and Amanda Daley Stevens, was born 
at Homer, N. Y., August 24, 1858, and prepared for college 
at the Homer Academy. 

He left Amherst during the first term of Sophomore year 
and entered Cornell University, Ithaca, N. Y., with the class 
of '82 and completed his Sophomore year there. 

He then left college and studied law, and was admitted 
to the Bar in 1884. In June, 1885, he became editor and 
proprietor of the Homer " Repubhcan " and still continues 
in that capacity. He is unmarried. 

Address — Homer, Cortland County, N. Y. 

CHARLES STILLMAN 
the son of Charles and Elizabeth P. Stillman, was born on 
Staten Island, N. Y., May 22, 1857, and prepared for col- 
lege at the Greylock Institute, Williamstown, Mass. 

While in Amherst he was a member of the Chi Psi Frater- 
nity, but left college during the spring term of Freshman 
year and entered Yale College, where he graduated in the 
class of 'S2. 

He has since resided in New York City, connected with 
and now a member of the firm of Woodward & Stillman, 
commission merchants. He is unmarried. 

Address — 16 Exchange Place, New York City. 

ANDREW FINDLAY UNDERHILL 

the son of John F. and Hannah Underbill, was born at 
Brooklyn, N. Y., November 15, 1859, ^^^ prepared for col- 
lege at the school of Gibbins & Beach, New York City. 

While in college he was a member of the Chi Psi Frater- 
nity and took the Kellogg prize (Freshman year) for excel- 
lence in declamation. He also wrote the Class Ode for 
Class Day (Senior year). 

He left Amherst during Sophomore year, went into the 
wholesale dry goods business in New York City, and after- 



CLASS OF EIGHTY-ONE 'J'J 

wards became a stock broker. Not long afterwards he gave 
up business and is now and has been for several years, In- 
structor of Elocution and English in the Brooklyn (N. Y.) 
Polytechnic Institute. He has written a book of poems 
entitled" Etchings in Verse," published by Brentano Bros. 

He was married December 19, 1889, to Alberta De 
Witt, daughter of Albert De W. and Emeline Leveridge, 
of Elizabeth, N. J., and has one child, 

Sidney Smith, born January 2, 1891. 
Address — 331 Clinton Street, Brooklyn, N. Y. 

WALTER LAVINGTON VERNON. 
(See Obituary Record, infra p. 79.) 

JOHN MARTIN VINCENT 
the son of the late John M. and Phebe M. Vincent^was 
born at Elyria, Ohio, October 11, 1857, ^"^^ prepared for 
college at Elyria and Oberlin. 

He entered Amherst during Sophomore year and became 
a member of the Chi Phi Fraternity. 

He left college in January 1880, and was then believed to 
be a hopeless invalid. He spent the next two years and a 
half in Europe, most of the time in Germany at the Uni- 
versities of Leipsic and Berlin. He returned in 1883 and 
in the same year received the degree of A.B. (extra 
ordinem) from Oberlin College. He subsequently became 
a student of History and received the degree of M.A., and 
of Ph.D., from Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, Md. 
Since October, 1887, he has been Librarian of the Depart- 
ment of History and Politics at Johns Hopkins and In- 
structor in History. He is the author of numerous articles 
and reviews published in magazines and critical journals, and 
has now in press in the Johns Hopkins University series of 
" Studies in History and Politics," a volume entitled 
" State and Federal Government in Switzerland." He is a 
member of the District School Board of Baltimore. 



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He was married November 8, 1880, to Ada, daughter of 
the late George H. Smith of Cleveland, O. 

Address — Care Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, 
Md. 

PHILIP MAYER WACKERHAGEN 
the son of the late Edward and Elizabeth King Wackerhagen, 
was born at Greenville, N. Y., April 11, 1858, and prepared 
for college at the Albany (N. Y.) High School. 

While in college he was a member of the Alpha Delta 
Phi Fraternity and of Epsilon Phi Delta (Senior society). 

He did not graduate but left college during the last term 
of Senior year to go into business in connection with 
the Albany Emery Wheel Co., of Albany, N. Y., becoming 
Secretary of the Company. In 1888 he went west and be- 
came connected with the J. I. Case Threshing Machine Co., 
of Racine, Wisconsin, where he now is. He is unmarried. 
Address — Racine, Wisconsin. 

NATHANIEL ROWE WEBSTER 

the son of Nathaniel and Lucy Saywood (Abbott) Webster, 
was born at Gloucester, Mass., December 20, 1857, and pre- 
pared for college at Phillips Academy, Exeter and Andover, 
Mass. 

He entered '81 during Junior year, and continued with 
the Class for the remainder of the course, but did not gradu- 
ate. 

After leaving college he spent two years in study at the 
University of Gottingen, Germany. In 1885 he went into 
business, becoming Treasurer of the Independent Halibut 
Co., of Gloucester, Mass., occupying that position until the 
dissolution of the Company. He has since been associated 
with his father in business and is now manager of the Web- 
ster House at Gloucester. He is unmarried. 
Address — Gloucester, Essex Co., Mass. 



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CHARLES EDWARD BOLTWOOD 

the son of the Rev. Henry Leonidas and Helen Eugenia 
Boltwood, was born at Pembroke, N. H., April 28, 1856, 
and prepared for college at the High School in Princeton, 
111., of which his father was principal. 

After graduation he had charge, for a few months, of the 
district school in Vermillionville, 111. ; was for six months a 
book-keeper in Chicago, and during the last two jjpars 
of his life filled the same position in the firm of Shelly & 
Pfeiff er, wholesale dealers in crockery and glassware, Peoria, 
111. 

He died of malignant diphtheria, at Peoria, 111., Decem- 
ber 23, 1884. He was unmarried. 

JOHN HAYNES FLOWER 
the son of D. M. Flower, of Agawan, Mass., was born Decem- 
ber 3, 1854. 

He was connected with '81 for a short time during Junior 
year, having come into the Class from '80. 

After leaving college he studied law in Springfield, Mass., 
where he practiced for some years. He subsequently be- 
came insane and was taken to the Asylum at Northampton, 
where he remained until his death, November 10, 1889, 
about two years later. He was unmarried. 

HENRY NOBLE GALLOWAY 
the son of Samuel and Joan (Wallin) Galloway, was born at 
Columbus, O., October 20, 1858, and prepared for college 



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at the High School and the Ohio Agricultural College^ 
Columbus. 

While in college he was a member of the Chi Psi Frater- 
nity, and was Class Historian (Senior year). 

After graduation he studied law with Hon. Henry C. 
Noble, in Columbus, O., and was admitted to the Bar in 

1882. His health failing, he moved to Los Angeles, Cal., in 

1883, and began to practice law, later taking up the busi- 
ness of abstractor of titles. He was associated with many 
of the enterprises of Los Angeles, and was everywhere rec- 
ognized as an intelligent, honorable and respected citizen. 
On account of continued and increasing ill health he left 
Los Angeles to return to Columbus late in the winter of 
1887. Stopping at Las Vegas Springs, New Mexico, for 
rest, he died there. May 23, 1887 of consumption. He 
was unmarried. 

WILLIAM WALKER HARTWELL 

the son of Shattuck and Catherine Stone (Mussey) Hart- 
well, Vv^as born at Littleton, Middlesex Co., Mass., August 
8, 1857, and prepared for college at the Boston Latin 
School. 

While in college he was a member of the Psi Upsilon 
Fraternity and was President of the Class during Freshman 
and Sophomore years. During the spring term of Sophomore 
year he broke down from over work and died at Northamp- 
ton, Mass., July 6, 1879, from acute mania. He was 
unmarried. 

WALTER STEVEN JOHNSON 

the son of John W. and Ann D. Johnson, was born at 
Shrewsbury, Mass., February 6, 1856, and prepared for 
college at the Westborough (Mass.) High School. 

He left college at the end of Sophomore year and went into 
business. He died August 24, 1880, at Cottage City, Mass., 



CLASS OF EIGHTY-ONE 8 1 

his death being occasioned by an accidental explosion of 
gas. He was unmarried. 

CHARLES BROWN LATIMER 
the son of Richard R. and Emma L. (Brown) Latimer, was 
born at New London, Conn., July 9, 1857, and prepared 
for college at the New London High School. 

While in college he was a member of the Psi Upsilon 
Fraternity and of Epsilon Pi Delta (Senior society). He was 
Vice Gym Captain during Freshman, Sophomore and Senior 
years, an OHo editor (Junior year) and a member of the 
College Base Ball Nine. 

After graduation he went into the wholesale grocery bus- 
iness in Hartford, Conn., in the employ of the firm of Allen, 
Blanchard & Latimer, with whom he remained until the 
dissolution of the firm in the spring of 1886. He then con- 
tinued in business with his father, shortly afterwards going 
into the brokerage business. He died at Gales Ferry, Conn., 
July 22, 1890, of consumption. He was unmarried. 

EDWARD FOOTE MATHEWS 
came to Amherst from Princeton, and was connected with 
'81 for a short time in Sophomore year. He was a nephew 
and ward of Hon. Stanley Mathews, one of the judges of 
the Supreme Court of the United States, and resided at Cin- 
cinnati, O. 

After leaving college he studied and practiced law. He 
died at Melbourne, Fla., in the latter part of 1884. 

EDWARD GILLETT RAND 
the son of Albert T. and Sophia (Chadwick) Rand, was born 
at Kingston, N. Y., October 19, 1859, ^^^ prepared for 
college at the Adelphi Academy, Brooklyn, N. Y. 

While in college he was a member of the Alpha Delta 
Phi Fraternity, of Phi Beta Kappa (Junior year), and of 



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Beta Nu (Senior society), was Vice-President of the Class in 
Sophomore year and a Monitor (Senior year), graduating 
fourth in rank. The French and Italian prize (Junior year) 
for scholarship and improvement in those languages was 
divided between Rand and Prince (p. 49). He represented 
the Department of Modern Languages at Commencement, 
his oration being entitled " Luther and Calvin in Litera- 
ture," and received the Bond Prize for the best oration and 
delivery on the Commencement stage. 

After graduation he took a post-graduate course of study 
in history and political economy at Harvard University, and 
in 1885 was appointed Instructor in Political Economy in 
Amherst College. Before entering upon this position, his 
health suddenly failing he went to Australia and engaged in 
business for the Rand Drill Company of New York, residing 
for a time at Sidney, N. S. W., and afterwards at Melbourne, 
Victoria, returning in the autumn of 1887 for a brief visit. 
He died at Melbourne, Victoria, June 3, 1888, of congestion 
of the liver. 

He was married June 7, 1882, to Carrie S., daughter of 
Dr. Ossian Sumner, of Providence, R. I., who with two sons 
survived him. The names of his sons are 

Albert Edward {The Class Boy) born September 
21, 1883. 

Sumner Goldthwait, born December 22, 1884. 

RICHARD WILKINS SAYLOR 
the son of Henry and Mary A. Saylor, was born at Schuyl- 
kill Haven, Penn., December 28, 1859, ^^^ ^^^ connected 
with '81 for a short time during Freshman year. 

After leaving Amherst he studied medicine, graduating 
and receiving the degree of M.D. from the College of Phys- 
icians and Surgeons, New York City, in 1882. He subse- 
quently practiced medicine at Pottstown, McEwensville and 
Easton, Penn. 



CLASS OF EIGHTY-ONE 83 

He was married February 11, 1885, to May, daughter 
of Dr. W. L. and Mary Grover Leaf, of Pottstown, Penn., 
and had one child, 

Ruth Leigh, born May 2, 1886. 

He died at Pottstown, January 26, 1891, of rheumatism 
of the heart. 

WALTER LAVINGTON VERNON 

the son of Thomas and lanthe Vernon, was born at Brook- 
lyn, N. Y., September 30, 1858, and prepared for college at 
the Adelphi Academy. 

While in college he was a member of the Chi Psi Frater- 
nity, was Gym Captain (Freshman and Sophomore years and 
for a portion of Junior year). Toast Master at the Class Sup- 
per (Sophomore year), was an Olio editor and wrote several 
popular college songs, among which are " Gee Whoa 
Dobbin " and " I wish I were a Hippopotamus." He had 
expected to become a physician, but died in Brooklyn, 
October 24, 1879, of typhoid fever shortly after his re 
moval from Amherst to his home. He was unmarried. 



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